KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE  BULLETIN 


VOL.  Ill 


MAY  1,  1919  No.  5 


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COLLEGE  EXTENSION  SERIES  IV 


HOME-STUDY  SERVICE 


Announcement  of  Courses  and 
General  Information 


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PART  II.— VOCATIONAL  COURSES 
PART  III.— CREDIT  COURSES 

The  service  of  your  college  brought 
as  near  as  your  mail  box 


MANHATTAN,  KANSAS 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  COLLEGE 

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THE  KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 

MANHATTAN 


BOARD  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

Governor  Henry  J.  Allen,  Chairman. 

Dr.  Wilbur  N.  Mason.  Edward  W.  Hoch.  H.  J.  Penney. 
James  A.  Kimball,  Business  Manager. 

C.  W.  Myers,  Assistant  Business  Manager. 

James  T.  Lardner,  Assistant  Business  Manager. 


ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  AGRICULTURAL 
COLLEGE 

W.  M.  Jardine President 

J.  T.  Willard.  .Vice  President;  Dean  of  the  Division  of  General  Science 

F.  D.  Farrell Dean  of  the  Division  of  Agriculture 

A.  A.  Potter Dean  of  the  Divisi  ;*  of  Engineering 

Mrs  Mary  P.  Van  Zile Dean  of  Women 

Helen  B.  Thompson Dean  of  the  Division  of  Home  Economics 

H.  Umberger Acting  Dean  of  the  Division  of  Extension 

E.  L.  Holton Dean  of  the  Summer  School 

H.  L.  Kent Principal  of  the  School  of  Agriculture 

Jessie  McD.  Machir Registrar 


DEPARTMENT  OF  HOME-STUDY  S VICE 

V.  L.  Strickland,  Director. 


George  Gemmell 


Agronomy. 


Animal  / Husbandry. 


Katherine  M.  Bower 

H.  H.  Fenton 

Julia  Baker  Alder.  . . 
P.  P.  Brainard 


. . Hom</  Economics. 
Industrial  Subjects. 


Englis/i  and  Histby. 
Education. 


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The  Purpose  of  the  Home-Study  Service 

What  is  known  as  the  “efficiency  movement”  is  one  of  the  most  sig- 
nificant movements  of  modern  life.  To  the  business  man  and  manufac- 
turer it  means  satisfactory  handling  and  production  of  wares  with  the 
least  possible  outlay.  The  movement  calls  for  the  development  and  ap- 
plication of  scientific  knowledge.  In  its  pursuance  old-time  methods 
have  been  supplanted  and  modern  inventions  have  been  introduced. 

This  movement  is  spreading  rapidly  and  is  touching  every  line  of 
work.  It  is  back  of  the  recent  large  expansion  in  practical  arts  educa- 
tion, and  the  fact  that  young  men  and  women  of  college  training  along 
these  lines  go  out  and  make  good  is  sufficient  justification  for  all  that 
has  been  done  in  developing  this  type  of  training. 

The  movement  has  also  brought  us  to  appreciate  that  education  is  a 
life-long  process;  that  the  big  problem  is  to  catch  the  pace  and  keep 
growing  lest  we  fall  behind  in  the  rapid  march  of  progress. 

The  demands  of  this  situation  account  for  the  recent  phenomenal 
growth  of  extension  education.  There  are  many  people  in  Kansas  who 
for  many  reasons  cannot  attend  classes  on  the  college  campus,  or  are 
past  the  stage  where  this  would  be  advisable,  but  who  can  use  the  facili- 
ties of  the  college  to  great  advantage.  The  Home-study  Service  is  a 
part  of  the  Extension  Division  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College, 
designed  to  make  the  state  its  campus — to  enable  the  College  to  come  to 
those  who  cannot  come  to  it. 

Once  it  was  thought  that  educational  problems  could  be  solved  only  in 
the  classroom,  where  subject  matter  was  chosen  from  a textbook.  To-day 
it  is  realized  that  the  home,  the  farm,  and  the  shop  are  calling  con- 
tinually for  the  solution  of  problems  upon  which  the  future  of  the  people 
of  the  state  depends.  A barren  soil,  an  unprofitable  herd,  an  insani- 
tary home,  and  kitchen  wastes  are  but  petty  examples  of  the  innumer- 
able difficulties  to  be  overcome.  Years  of  experience  and  observation 
have  enabled  many  to  solve  their  problems  with  some  degree  of  success, 
but  the  lack  of  scientific  knowledge  is  responsible  for  many  individuals 
experimenting  extravagantly  and  often  uselessly.  A combination  of 
experience  and  training  in  scientific  methods  is  best. 

One  way  of  meeting  these  situations  is  through  correspondence 
courses.  They  are  no  longer  an  experiment  but  are  a demonstrated 
success.  With  them  odd  hours  of  spare  time  can  be  made  to  count.  The 
gross  time  required  to  complete  correspondence  courses  is  practically  the 
same  as  would  be  necessary  for  the  same  courses  in  school.  Taken 
where  they  may  be  applied  to  a practical  situation  they  may  be  even 
better.  Correspondence  courses  may  be  started  at  any  time;  they  wait 
when  one  is  busy;  they  are  instantly  ready  when  one  has  time — in  fact, 
they  are  made  to  order  for  the  busy  person. 


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For  Whom  Intended 


Though  credit  courses  offered  by  the  Home-study  Service  are  still 
limited,  the  number  is  steadily  growing  and  it  is  the  purpose  of  the  de- 
partment to  add  courses  whenever  a demand  for  them  becomes  evident. 
The  other  types  of  work  are  sufficiently  broad  to  be  of  value  to  a great 
variety  of  people.  The  following  classes  in  particular  should  be  able 
to  profit  by  the  courses  offered: 

1.  Those  who  have  completed  a common-school  course  but  who  for  any 
reason  are  unable  to  attend  high  school. 

2.  High-school  graduates  temporarily  or  permanently  unable  to  at- 
tend college. 

3.  Students  whose  attendance  at  high  school  or  college  has  been  in- 
terrupted. 

4.  Students  who  for  any  reason  have  fallen  behind  in  their  work  and 
wish  to  use  their  spare  time  catching  up. 

5.  The  strong,  aggressive  student  who  does  not  wish  to  halt  his 
progress  for  vacations  and  other  interruptions. 

6.  High-school  and  grade  classes  in  practical  courses  that  need  sup- 
plementing and  enrichment. 

7.  Teachers  who  wish  further  professional  or  other  training,  or 
who  need  help  in  planning  and  conducting  their  work. 

8.  Professional  and  business  men  who  wish  to  keep  growing  along 
some  line  of  interest,  industrial  or  avocational. 

9.  Clubs  and  other  organizations  that  wish  to  make  systematic  studies. 

10.  Men  and  women  who  wish  effective  help  in  meeting  the  demands  in 
their  vocations  for  technical  and  scientific  knowledge  and  training. 

The  Organization  of  the  Home-Study  Service 

The  Department  of  Home-study  Service  of  the  Division  of  College  Ex- 
tension was  organized  to  form  a close  connecting  link  between  the  work 
of  the  resident  classes  and  those  who  are  doing  outside  work.  The  in- 
structors employed  in  this  department  are  selected  not  only  because  of 
their  technical  preparation,  but  also  because  they  have  made  careful 
study  of  the  methods  of  correspondence  teaching.  They  devote  their 
entire  time  to  this  work  and  can  thus  give  their  students  the  advantage 
of  the  help  of  a specialist  both  in  subject  matter  and  in  method  of 
teaching. 

It  will  be  observed  that  each  division  of  the  College  has  one  or  more 
representatives  in  this  department.  While  such  representatives  are 
specially  responsible  for  the  correspondence  teaching,  yet  they  come 
into  very  close  touch  with  the  resident  instructors  who  are  handling 
the  same  subjects,  and  they  have  full  advantage  of  the  research  work 
being  conducted  in  laboratories,  libraries,  seminars,  and  experiment 
stations. 

This  plan  of  organization  gives  every  person  who  takes  advantage  of 
the  Home-study  a personal  representative  at  the  College  to  furnish  him 
technical  information  in  a form  which  can  be  most  readily  understood. 


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Since  the  adoption  of  this  plan  of  organization  it  has  proved  its  efficacy 
in  the  increased  number  of  students  who  have  completed  their  courses 
in  a satisfactory  manner. 

The  department  attempts  to  meet  the  widely  varying  needs  and 
conditions  of  the  people  of  the  state.  To  make  it  practical  for  those  who 
are  not  accustomed  to  regular  habits  of  study,  as  well  as  for  those  who 
are  studiously  inclined,  the  service  is  rendered  in  the  f ollowing  forms : 

1.  Free  Reading  or  Unit  Courses,  each  of  which  is  a one-lesson  treat- 
ment in  a simple,  brief,  and  non-technical  way  of  a single  problem  or 
unit  of  subject  matter  for  which  there  is  a demand  in  some  phase  of 
practical  every-day  life.  The  courses  in  this  list  are  so  numerous  and 
varied  that  few  interests  are  not  touched  by  them.  That  they  may  be 
readily  available  and  freely  used  by  all  to  whom  they  would  be  helpful 
they  are  made  free  to  residents  of  the  state.  Full  particulars  about  Free 
Reading  Courses  will  be  found  in  Part  I of  the  Home-study  Service  An- 
nouncement. 

2.  Vocational  Courses,  which  are  complete,  comprehensive  courses 
adapted  to  the  needs  of  those  who  are  ambitious  for  thorough,  scientific 
training  to  meet  in  an  effective  way  the  many  practical  and  technical 
problems  found  in  the  various  vocational  activities.  These  afford  the 
nearest  possible  home  equivalent  of  a college  education  and  offer  the 
particular  advantage  of  utilizing  the  practical  situations  of  life  as  their 
laboratory  exercises.  For  full  information  concerning  the  Vocational 
Courses  refer  to  Part  II,  the  first  section  of  this  bulletin. 

3.  Credit  Courses,  which  are  offered  for  those  who  for  any  reason  are 
unable  to  attend  school  and  wish  to  do  work  of  a type  that  can  be  used 
for  college  or  high-school  credit.  These  courses  are  also  of  value  to 
those  who  wish  to  use  their  time  to  advantage  when  school  is  not  in 
session.  For  further  information  concerning  Credit  Courses,  refer  to 
Part  III,  the  last  section  of  this  bulletin. 

4.  Special  Courses  for  Teachers,  which  are  a series  designed  as  helps 
for  teachers  of  industrial,  agricultural,  and  home  economic  subjects.  A 
particular  effort  is  made  in  these  courses  to  make  available  to  the  teach- 
ers of  the  state  all  the  materials  and  aids  which  the  Kansas  State  Ag- 
ricultural College  can  offer  them. 

5.  Emergency  Courses.  During  the  war  a number  of  those  courses 
were  offered  to  help  meet  the  new  difficulties  and  duties  imposed.  It  is 
the  purpose  of  the  department  to  continue  a service  of  this  kind.  When- 
ever new  situations  arise  calling  for  such  courses,  requests  for  them  will 
be  appreciated. 

6.  Study  Centers.  Under  regulations  established  for  this  purpose 
study  centers  may  be  arranged  where  college  subjects  may  be  studied 
under  the  personal  direction  of  members  of  the  College  faculty. 

7.  Information  Service,  the  purpose  of  which  is  to  afford  a definite 
source  to  which  technical  or  informational  questions  may  be  referred. 
All  such  questions  which  are  referred  to  the  Home-study  Department 
will  be  answered  promptly,  if  possible,  or  referred  to  a specialist  in  the 
College  or  elsewhere,  who  will  supply  the  information  desired. 


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8.  Lantern-slide  Service.  A number  of  sets  of  lantern  slides  on  agri- 
cultural and  economic  subjects  have  been  prepared  by  specialists  in  the 
College  with  particular  reference  to  Kansas  conditions.  These  will  be 
loaned  free  of  cost  (except  transportation  charges)  to  any  responsible 
resident  of  Kansas. 

The  experience  of  the  many  who  have  successfully  and  profitably 
completed  courses  offered  has  proved  that  there  is  a demand  for  the 
kind  of  work  given  by  the  Department  of  Home-study  Service.  The 
sole  purpose  for  which  this  department  exists  is  that  of  rendering  a 
service  to  the  people  of  the  state.  For  further  information  concern- 
ing any  of  the  above  features,  write  to  the 

DIRECTOR,  HOME-STUDY  SERVICE. 

K.  S.  A.  C. 

Manhattan,  Kan. 


How  the  Work  I3  Conducted 

In  correspondence  courses  the  assignment  usually  takes  the  form  of 
assigned  readings,  studies,  and  investigations,  together  with  a list  of 
questions  and  directions  for  a written  report.  To  save  postage  and 
trouble  in  mailing  numerous  lessons,  the  correspondence  lesson  is  usually 
much  longer  than  the  common  lesson  in  resident  class  work.  When  neces- 
sary the  lesson  may  be  accompanied  by  a lecture  prepared  by  the  in- 
structor, containing  helpful  outlines  and  explanations,  additional  sub- 
ject matter,  and  such  special  directions  as  seem  desirable.  The  lessons 
are  modified  from  time  to  time  as  suggested  by  experience  and  as  new 
information  becomes  available. 

As  soon  as  an  enrollment  card  and  fee  are  received  at  the  Department 
of  Home-study  Service,  assignments  1 and  2 are  immediately  sent  out, 
and  each  time  a report  is  received  an  additional  assignment  is  sent. 
This  plan  keeps  work  always  at  hand  for  the  student  and  at  the  same 
time  makes  it  possible  for  the  instructor  to  keep  in  close  touch  with  the 
student’s  progress  and  to  offer  from  time  to  time  such  suggestions  as 
seem  desirable  to  guide  the  student  in  his  work.  As  a rule  the  student 
should  make  careful  study  of  the  corrections,  comments,  and  suggestions 
upon  receiving  a returned  paper  before  going  further  with  succeeding 
lessons. 

The  progress  made  by  the  student  depends  entirely  upon  his  ability, 
preparedness,  and  application.  As  a general  suggestion  it  might  be 
stated  that  an  hour  a day  spent  in  systematic  study  should  enable  the 
average  student  to  complete  an  assignment  a week.  Students  may  work 
more  rapidly  if  their  opportunities  permit;  lessons  will  be  received  as 
rapidly  as  is  consistent  with  good  work.  Under  no  circumstances,  how- 
ever, will  hastily  prepared  manuscripts  showing  superficial  knowledge 
be  accepted. 

The  questions  accompanying  each  assignment  are  intended  to  help  the 
student  to  a better  understanding  of  the  subject.  After  careful  study  of 
the  assignment,  or  division  of  the  book,  the  student  should  write  his 


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manuscript  for  that  assignment,  answering  the  questions  carefully  and 
concisely.  This  manuscript  should  be  mailed  at  once  to  the  Department 
of  Home-study  Service,  where  all  lesson  papers  are  read  carefully,  criti- 
cized, marked,  and  returned  to  the  student,  with  such  comments,  sug- 
gestions, advice,  and  additional  references  as  may  be  deemed  necessary. 
This  plan  is  continued  throughout  the  course,  and  each  student  should 
feel  free  to  ask  questions,  relate  his  personal  experience,  and  in  every 
way  possible  get  into  close  contact  with  his  instructors.  No  effort  is 
spared  by  the  department  to  bring  about  the  nearest  possible  approach 
to  personal  acquaintanceship  between  each  instructor  and  his  students. 

Fees 

Only  a minimum  fee  is  charged  for  correspondence  courses.  Different 
plans  are  used  for  the  different  types  of  courses  as  indicated  in  the 
special  information  concerning  them.  These  fees  do  not  in  any  sense 
of  the  word  cover  the  cost  of  offering  the  courses.  The  Department  of 
Home-study  Service,  as  a part  of  the  State  Agricultural  College,  is 
supported  by  the  state  for  the  benefit  of  its  people  and  the  fees  charged 
for  correspondence  courses  bear  about  the  same  relation  to  the  actual 
cost  as  do  registration  fees  for  students  who  attend  the  College  on  the 
campus.  For  nonresidents  of  Kansas  a larger  fee  is  charged. 

Grades 

In  marking  papers  the  same  system  of  grading  is  used  which  is  used 
throughout  in  the  resident  classes  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural 
College. 

The  quality  of  the  work  is  designated  by  the  letters  E,  G,  M,  P,  C,  F, 
and  U,  having  the  following  significance  and  order  of  rank: 

The  grade  E designates  really  distinguished  achievement,  and  is  the 
net  resultant  of  exceptionally  good  mental  ability  in  conjunction  with 
serious  application. 

The  grade  G represents  superior  achievement,  better  than  that  ex- 
hibited by  average  students,  but  not  distinguished.  It  is  recognized  as 
a mark  of  considerable  honor,  and  is  the  resultant  of  high  ability  and 
fair  application,  or  of  fair  ability  and  serious  application. 

The  grade  M represents  the  standing  of  about  half  of  all  students  in 
the  College.  It  means  achievement  equal  to  that  of  average  students  and 
includes  about  half  of  all  students’  grades.  It  indicates  neither  superior 
nor  inferior  accomplishment. 

The  grade  P represents  achievement  of  a grade  below  that  of  average 
students.  It  indicates  a student’s  position  as  being  in  the  upper  part  of 
the  lower  fourth  of  the  class,  and  his  work  as  being  such  as  may  be 
described  as  poor  or  inferior. 

The  grade  C,  meaning  conditioned,  is  the  symbol  used  to  represent 
two  types  of  inferior  work:  (a)  That  which  is  deficient  in  quality,  and 
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The  grade  F,  meaning  failure,  is  used  to  indicate  work  that  is  so  un- 
satisfactory as  to  require  that  the  work  be  repeated  to  receive  credit. 

The  letter  U,  meaning  unfinished,  is  reported  when,  in  the  judgment 
of  the  instructor,  the  student  deserves  further  time  to  complete  work 
which  has  been  interfered  with  by  illness  or  other  excusable  causes  of 
delay. 

This  is  the  system  of  grading  used  in  all  departments  of  the  College 
and  is  worked  out  on  a scientific  basis.  The  system  also  involves  a few 
points  as  to  the  distribution  of  grades,  which  it  is  necessary  for  the 
student  to  know  to  appreciate  their  significance.  The  letters  do  not 
represent  certain  parts  of  a percent  scale,  and  cannot  be  expressed  in 
percent,  but  are  a measure  of  comparative  strength  among  students,  and 
their  values  are  such  that  among  a large  number  of  students  about  5 in 
100  would  be  assigned  E,  20  in  100  G,  50  in  100  M,  20  in  100  P,  and  5 in 
100  F or  U. 

Report  Cards 

Whenever  a subject  is  satisfactorily  completed  and  the  examination 
passed,  a report  card  is  issued  to  the  student  showing  the  final  grade  in 
the  course.  Records  are  also  kept  in  the  department  so  that  information 
can  be  supplied  about  the  work  in  the  course  at  any  subsequent  time. 


PART  II 


Vocational  Courses 


(Fees,  to  residents  of  Kansas,  $3  for  single  subject;  $15  for  complete  series  of  8 sub- 
jects; to  nonresidents,  $6  and  $30.) 

These  Vocational  Courses  are  prepared  for  those  out  in  the  field  of 
practical  work  who  wish  to  secure  in  a systematic  way  technical  and 
scientific  training  and  information  that  can  be  applied  directly  in  their 
work.  The  courses  do  not  give  any  credit  that  can  be  applied  toward 
graduation  in  high  school  or  college,  but  they  provide  the  nearest  possible 
home  approach  to  a college  education.* 

Those  who  “did  not  have  a chance  to  go  to  college”  can  no  longer  say 
that  they  do  not  have  educational  opportunity.  The  College  can  come  to 
them.  Those  actively  engaged  in  any  of  the  trades,  in  agricultural 
pursuits,  or  in  home  occupations  are  surrounded  with  the  most  practical 
laboratories  possible.  Situations  await  on  every  hand  to  test  theories 
and  enrich  the  live  student’s  store  of  workable  information.  Herbert 
Quick  stated  a great  truth  when  he  said,  “The  farm  is  a better  educa- 
tional plant  than  money  can  buy  in  a city  if  we  only  develop  a school 
system  that  will  make  use  of  it.” 

If  those  engaged  in  practical  work  will  use  their  spare  hours  in  study 
bearing  upon  their  work,  it  will  give  an  enjoyment  and  appreciation  to 
both  which  might  not  otherwise  be  found,  but  there  will  also  be  practical 
results,  measured  by  more  healthful  homes,  lightened  labor,  increased 
harvests,  and  larger  bank  accounts. 

These  Vocational  Courses  are  open  to  every  individual  who  wishes  to 
improve  his  abilities.  There  are  no  entrance  examinations  and  no  pre- 
requisite requirements  save  the  ability  to  do  profitably  the  work  of  the 
courses,  and  of  this  each  person  is  his  own  judge. 


The  Plan  of  the  Vocational  Courses 

The  subjects  in  the  Vocational  Courses  are  arranged  in  groups  so  as 
to  form  a systematic  course  of  study  for  those  who  desire  to  pursue  a 
definite  line.  To  illustrate,  if  in  the  work  in  Agriculture  one  desires  a 
course  in  Animal  Husbandry,  one  should  take  each  of  the  five  required 
subjects  under  that  head.  Any  three  from  the  list  of  electives  applying  to 
agricultural  courses  may  then  be  chosen.  By  special  arrangement  with 
this  department,  this  choice  may  be  made  from  any  other  list  shown  in 
this  pamphlet.  This  would  complete  the  subjects  required  for  the  Vo- 
cational Course  in  Animal  Husbandry,  and  would  entitle  the  student  to 
the  Vocational  Course  Certificate. 


* Any  of  the  credit  courses  listed  in  Part  III  may  also  be  taken  as  vocational  or  non- 
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Examinations.  In  each  subject,  before  the  report  card  is  issued,  an 
examination  is  required.  This  examination  may  be  taken  at  the  office 
of  the  Home-study  Service  at  the  College  without  charge.  If  it  is  not 
convenient  for  the  student  to  come  to  the  office  for  this  examination, 
arrangement  can  usually  be  made  to  take  it  before  a county  superin- 
tendent, city  superintendent,  or  principal  of  schools,  in  which  case  this 
department  will  send  out  the  examination  questions  and  directions  to 
such  person  for  conducting  the  examination.  All  such  examination  papers 
will  be  sent  to  the  department  to  be  graded. 

Home-study  Certificate.  A certificate  will  be  awarded  upon  the 
satisfactory  completion  of  the  required  work  and  the  necessary  electives 
in  any  course.  This  certificate  is  not  a college  diploma,  but  it  bears  the 
same  relation  to  a correspondence  course  that  a diploma  bears  to  a regular 
college  course.  The  certificate  will  be  attractively  designed  and  will 
bear  the  name  of  the  student  and  the  name  of  the  course  completed.  It 
will  be  signed  by  the  Dean  of  the  Division  of  College  Extension  and  by 
the  Director  of  the  Department  of  Home-study  Service. 

Fees.  The  fee  to  residents  of  Kansas  for  Vocational  Courses  is  three 
dollars  per  subject  or  fifteen  dollars  for  a complete  course  of  eight 
subjects.  To  nonresidents  of  the  state  double  these  fees  will  be  charged. 
When  taking  a complete  course,  subjects  may  be  paid  for  one  at  a time 
till  five  are  paid  for,  then  the  other  three  will  be  available  free  of  charge, 
or  the  entire  fee  for  the  series  of  eight  courses,  fifteen  dollars  for  resi- 
dents of  Kansas  and  thirty  dollars  for  nonresidents,  can  be  paid  at  the 
start. 


Agricultural  Courses 

AGRONOMY 

Required  Subjects : 

1.  EA 1.  Essentials  of  Agriculture. 

2.  EA  2.  Elementary  Agricultural  Chemistry. 

3.  E A 3.  Soils. 

4.  EA  4.  Cereal  Crops. 

5.  EA  5.  Forage  Crops. 

(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 

HORTICULTURE 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  EA  1.  Essentials  of  Agriculture. 

2.  EA  2.  Elementary  Agricultural  Chemistry. 

3.  EA  3.  Soils. 

4.  EA  6.  Gardening. 

5.  EA  7.  Orcharding. 

(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 


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ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY 


Required  Subjects : 


1.  EA  1. 

2.  EA  2. 

3.  EA  8. 

4.  EA  9. 

5.  EA  10. 


Essentials  of  Agriculture. 
Elementary  Agricultural  Chemistry. 
Feeds  and  Feeding. 

Animal  Breeding. 

Types  and  Classes  of  Livestock. 


(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 


DAIRYING 


Required  Subjects: 


1. 

EA 

1. 

Essentials  of  Agriculture. 

2. 

EA 

2. 

Elementary  Agricultural  Chemistry. 

3. 

EA 

8. 

Feeds  and  Feeding. 

4. 

EA  11. 

Farm  Dairying. 

5. 

EA 

9. 

Animal  Breeding. 

(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 


POULTRY  HUSBANDRY 


Required  Subjects: 


1.  EA  1. 

2.  EA  2. 

3.  EA  8. 

4.  EA  12. 

5.  EA  9. 


Essentials  of  Agriculture. 
Elementary  Agricultural  Chemistry. 
Feeds  and  Feeding. 

Poultry  Production. 

Animal  Breeding. 


(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 


List  of  Elective  Subjects  Applying  to  the  Agricultural 

Courses 

EA  9.  Animal  Breeding. 

E A 26.  Beef  Production. 

EA  4.  Cereal  Crops. 

EA  21.  Dairy  Manufacturing. 

EA  25.  Dry-land  Farming. 

EA  11.  Farm  Dairying. 

EA  19.  Farm  Forestry. 

EA  8.  Feeds  and  Feeding. 

EA  17.  Floriculture. 

EA  5.  Forage  Crops. 

EA  16.  Greenhouse  Management. 

EA  24.  Horse  Production. 

E A 27.  Hog  Raising. 

EA  13.  Insects  Injurious  to  Farm  Crops. 

EA  15.  Insects  Injurious  to  Garden  Crops. 

EA  14.  Insects  Injurious  to  Orchard  Crops. 

EA  18.  Landscape  Gardening. 

EA  6.  Gardening. 

EA  7.  Orcharding. 

EA  12.  Poultry  Production. 

EA  28.  Sheep  Raising. 

EA  3.  Soils. 

EA  10.  Types  and  Classes  of  Livestock. 

By  special  arrangement  with  this  department,  students  may  choose 
from  other  lists  of  electives  described  in  this  pamphlet  or  from  list  of 
credit  courses. 


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Detailed  Information  Regarding  Each  of  the  Subjects 
in  the  Agricultural  Courses 

EA 1.  Essentials  of  Agriculture.  16  assignments.  This  subject 
covers  the  general  principles  and  practices  of  agriculture  in  an  ele- 
mentary and  yet  thoroughly  scientific  manner.  The  lessons  are  planned 
to  give  the  student  a fundamental  knowledge  of  the  different  phases  of 
soil  management,  crop  production,  and  animal  husbandry,  poultry  raising, 
orcharding,  gardening,  and  other  branches  of  agriculture.  This  work  is 
recommended  before  taking  up  special  studies. 

Text:  Waters,  Essentials  of  Agriculture.  Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  $1.25. 

EA  2.  Elementary  Agricultural  Chemistry.  18  assignments.  The 
student  of  scientific  agriculture  does  not  proceed  far  until  he  finds  him- 
self handicapped  unless  he  knows  the  essential  facts  and  principles  of 
chemistry.  This  course  is  prepared  for  the  man  who  has  not  had  hig'n- 
school  or  college  work  in  this  subject,  but  who  needs  as  a foundation  for 
specific  studies  in  agriculture  a practical  familiarity  with  the  chemistry 
of  soils  and  fertilizers,  plant  growth,  feeds,  and  nutrition,  and  the 
various  other  applications  of  this  science  to  farm  problems. 

Text:  Kahlenberg  and  Hart,  Chemistry  and  Daily  Life.  Chicago: 
The  Macmillan  Co.  $1.25. 

EA  3.  Soils.  15  assignments.  These  lessons  are  to  cover  the  sub- 
ject of  soils  in  all  phases,  with  emphasis  placed  upon  the  handling  of 
soils  to  conserve  the  moisture.  A study  will  be  made  of  the  nature, 
functions,  origin,  texture  and  composition  of  soils;  the  kinds  of  soil  and 
their  classification;  humus,  its  relation  to  moisture  and  nitrogen;  soil 
water,  its  function  in  the  soil  and  the  capacity  of  soils  for  water;  con- 
servation of  soil  moistures;  soil  temperature;  relation  of  air  to  soil; 
fertilizers;  farm  drainage  and  irrigation;  and  the  tillage  of  soils. 

Texts:  King,  The  Soil.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Co.  $1.35. 

Vivian,  First  Principles  of  Soil  Fertility.  New  York:  Orange 
Judd  Co.  $1. 

EA  4.  Cereal  Crop:.  16  assignments.  The  words  “cereal  crops”  are 
applied  to  those  plants  belonging  to  the  grass  family  which  are  cultivated 
mainly  for  their  edible  grain.  The  lessons  on  this  subject  include  corn, 
wheat,  oats,  barley,  rye,  grain  sorghums,  and  a few  other  plants  of 
lesser  importance.  The  history  and  distribution,  structure  and  compo- 
sition, culture,  insect  pests,  and  diseases.  Harvesting  and  storing  of 
products,  and  other  essential  features  are  treated  with  a view  to  local 
applications  and  recent  developments. 

Text:  Carleton,  Cereals  in  America.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Co. 
$1.75. 

Free  Bulletins  and  Circulars  Furnished. 

EA  5.  Forage  Crops.  16  assignments.  Forage  crops,  such  as  al- 
falfa, sweet  sorghums,  millets,  etc.,  are  those  produced  for  the  value  of 
the  entire  plant  as  a food  for  animals.  They  include  a far  greater  va- 
riety of  plants  than  does  the  group  of  cereal  crops.  The  studies  outlined 
give  the  farmer  the  information  he  needs  for  the  culture  of  the  forage 
plants  adapted  to  bis  locality. 

Text:  Piper,  Forage  Plants  and  Their  Culture.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Co.  $1.75. 

EA  6.  Gardening.  16  assignments.  These  lessons  set  forth  the  un- 
derlying principles  of  vegetable  production  in  the  light  of  the  most  re- 
cent knowledge.  The  preparation  of  the  soil,  the  cultural  methods  re- 
quired for  the  different  garden  crops,  the  art  of  storing  and  preparation 


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for  sale,  the  marketing  of  garden  products  with  the  economic  principles 
involved,  are  explained  in  simple  language,  but  with  scientific  accuracy. 

Text:  Lloyd,  Productive  Vegetable  Growing.  Philadelphia:  J.  B. 
Lippincott  Co.  $1.75. 

EA  8.  Feeds  and  Feeding.  18  assignments.  This  course  is  designed 
to  assist  the  farmer  or  prospective  farmer  in  the  more  economic  feeding 
of  livestock.  It  includes  a study  of  the  digestive  system  and  of  the  re- 
requirements for  maintenance,  growth,  and  fattening.  The  composition 
and  uses  of  feeds  is  studied  and  much  practice  is  given  in  the  computa- 
tion of  rations  for  various  classes  of  farm  animals. 

Text:  Henry  & Morrison,  Feeds  and  Feeding.  Madison,  Wis. : The 
Henry  Morrison  Co.  $2.50. 

EA  10.  Types  and  Classes  of  Livestock.  16  assignments.  This 
course  consists  of  a study  of  the  market  and  breeding  types  of  beef  cattle, 
horses,  sheep,  and  swine,  including  the  history  and  development  of  the 
important  breeds  and  their  present  characteristics  and  distribution. 

Text:  Vaughan,  Types  and  Market  Classes  of  Livestock.  Columbus, 
Ohio:  R.  G.  Adams  & Co.  $2. 

Plumb,  Types  and  Breeds  of  Farm  Animals,  Chicago:  Ginn 
& Co.  $2. 

EA  11.  Farm  Dairying.  15  assignments.  The  increasing  impor- 
tance of  scientific,  economic,  and  sanitary  production  of  dairy  materials 
makes  this  subject  desirable  to  all  persons  concerned  with  the  produc- 
tion, care,  or  use  of  dairy  goods.  The  lessons  are  designed  primarily  to 
improve  farm  dairying.  They  deal  with  the  selection  of  breeds  and  in- 
dividuals, herd  improvement,  care  of  dairy  stock,  feeding,  milking,  care 
of  milk  and  utensils,  sanitation  of  herd,  stables,  milk  and  other  products. 
The  assignments  based  on  the  text  will  be  supplemented  by  reference 
readings. 

Text:  Eckles,  Dairy  Cattle  and  Milk  Production,  Chicago:  The 
Macmillan  Co.  $1.60. 

EA  12.  Poultry  Production.  16  assignments.  A comprehensive 
study  of  the  problems  of  poultry  production  and  management  is  made 
under  this  subject.  Incubating  and  brooding,  feeding  and  housing,  care 
of  the  flock  to  promote  health  and  vigor,  caponizing,  care  and  marketing 
of  eggs,  characteristics  of  the  various  breeds  and  their  utility,  general 
marketing  problems,  and  many  other  details  of  poultry  husbandry  are 
discussed  fully  in  these  assignments.  The  work  is  thoroughly  up  to  date, 
and  is  recommended  to  all  producers  of  poultry. 

Text:  Lippincott,  Poultry  Production.  Philadelphia,  Pa.:  Lea  & 
Febiger  Co.  $2. 

EA  13.  Insects  Injurious  to  Farm  Crops.  16  assignments.  This 
subject  includes  a study  of  such  facts  of  anatomy  and  physiology  as  are 
necessary  to  the  understanding  of  habits,  life  history,  and  methods  of 
controlling  each  of  the  more  important  species  of  injurious  insects,  such 
as  Hessian  fly,  chinch  bug,  green  bug,  corn-ear  worm,  white  grubs,  corn- 
root  lice,  grain  moths,  and  weevils. 

Text:  Bulletins  furnished  with  course. 

EA  14.  Insects  Injurious  to  Orchard  Crops.  16  assignments.  The 
large  number  of  insects  affecting  the  orchard  crops  of  the  state  furnish 
the  subject  matter  for  this  course.  As  in  the  preceding  course,  a careful 
study  is  made  of  facts  of  anatomy,  life  history,  season,  and  method  of 
control.  Among  those  studied  are  the  codling  moth,  borers,  San  Jose 
scale,  plum  curculio,  cankerworm,  tent  caterpillar,  and  plant  lice. 

Text:  Bulletins  furnished  with  course. 

EA  15.  Insects  Injurious  to  Garden  Crops.  16  assignments.  The 
insect  pests  which  annoy  the  gardener  are  studied  from  the  practical 


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standpoint  of  control.  The  several  garden  crops  are  taken  up  separately, 
with  discussions  of  their  particular  enemies.  Preventive  measures  and 
the  preparation  and  use  of  insecticides  are  emphasized. 

Text:  Chittenden,  Insects  Injurious  to  Vegetables.  New  York: 
Orange  Judd  Co.  $1.50. 

EA 16.  Greenhouse  Management.  16  assignments.  This  subject 
treats  of  the  construction  and  management  of  greenhouses,  modern 
methods  of  heating  and  ventilating,  soil  preparation,  fertilizers,  control 
of  fungous  and  insect  enemies;  and  other  problems  involved  in  forcing 
flowers  and  vegetables.  The  lessons  are  presented  to  meet  the  needs  of 
the  practical  horticulturist. 

Texts:  Taft,  Greenhouse  Construction.  New  York:  Orange  Judd 
Co.  $1.60. 

Taft,  Greenhouse  Management.  New  York:  Orange  Judd 
Co.  $1.60. 

EA  17.  Floriculture.  15  assignments.  A familiarity  with  flowers, 
vines,  shrubs,  and  other  ornamental  plants  is  a source  of  pleasure  and 
profit  to  all.  The  object  of  these  lessons  is  to  give  up-to-date  informa- 
tion that  will  enable  the  student  to  accomplish  the  best  results  in  pro- 
ducing plants  for  beautifying  the  home  and  home  grounds. 

Text:  Bennett,  The  Flower  Garden.  New  York:  Doubleday,  Page  & 
Co.  $1.25. 

EA  18.  Landscape  Gardening.  15  assignments.  The  subject  of 
landscape  gardening  is  treated  in  a practical  way  that  should  make  it  of 
great  value  to  the  home  owner  who  desires  to  improve  the  appearance  of 
his  property.  It  should  also  appeal  to  park  officers  and  to  those  who  de- 
sire to  prepare  for  such  work.  The  selection  of  site,  location  of  build- 
ings, roads  and  walks  are  studied  in  relation  to  the  principles  of  land- 
scape art.  The  more  complicated  problems  of  terraces,  bridges,  water 
surfaces,  parks,  and  parkways  are  studied  in  greater  detail.  A study  of 
specifications  and  estimates  is  also  included,  and  the  opportunity  offered 
to  become  acquainted  with  the  trees,  shrubs,  and  flowers  used  in  land- 
scape plantings. 

Text:  Waugh,  Landscape  Gardening.  New  York:  Orange  Judd  Co. 
75c. 

EA  19.  Farm  Forestry.  15  assignments.  These  lessons  are  designed 
to  give  the  student  a comprehensive  knowledge  of  forest  conditions,  in- 
cluding the  requirements  of  trees  upon  soil  and  climate,  also  upon  shade 
and  direct  light;  the  keeping  up  of  the  forest  by  natural  and  artificial 
methods;  the  care  and  protection  of  the  forests,  considering  especially 
the  farm  woodlot  in  Kansas.  In  this  subject  the  kind  of  trees  to  plant 
and  how  to  plant  and  care  for  the  woodlot  will  be  given  special  attention. 
The  course  will  be  supplemented  by  bulletins  bearing  on  the  special 
problems  of  this  state. 

Text:  Roth,  A First  Book  of  Forestry.  Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  75c. 

EA  21.  Dairy  Manufacturing.  15  assignments.  This  work  deals 
with  the  manufacturing  side  of  dairying.  It  aims  to  assist  the  man  en- 
gaged in  commercial  dairying  who  can  not  leave  his  business,  or  to  as- 
sist one  in  beginning  such  a course.  It  deals  primarily  with  commercial 
butter,  cheese,  and  ice-cream  making,  and  includes  the  testing  of  dairy 
products;  cream  ripening;  pasteurizing;  starter  making;  churning; 
salting;  working,  packing  and  marketing  dairy  butter;  creamery  ac- 
counting; creamery  management;  creamery  buildings  and  equipment; 
mechanical  refrigeration  and  the  details  of  each  step  in  cheddar-cheese 
and  ice-cream  making.  The  assignments  based  on  the  text  will  be  sup- 
plemented by  the  use  of  selected  literature,  state  and  United  States  bul- 
letins. 

Text:  Michels,  Creamery  Butter  Making.  Milwaukee,  Wis.:  John 
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EA  24.  Horse  Production.  15  assignments.  This  course  consists  of 
a study  of  factors  which  affect  the  work  of  the  horse,  comparison  of  ra- 
tions for  horses  and  methods  of  producing  and  caring  for  horses.  The 
section  of  the  text  on  horses  will  be  used  as  a basis  for  the  course  and 
will  be  supplemented  by  bulletins  and  information  sheets  which  will  ac- 
company the  lessons. 

Text:  Henry  & Morrison,  Feeds  and  Feeding,  Madison,  Wis. : The 
Henry-Morrison  Co.  $2.50. 

EA  26.  Beef  Production.  15  assignments.  This  course  is  devoted 
to  a study  of  the  most  successful  methods  of  producing  beef  cattle  for 
market.  It  includes  comparisons  of  rations,  methods  of  management, 
and  a consideration  of  other  questions  affecting  the  economical  produc- 
tion of  beef  cattle.  The  section  of  the  text  which  deals  with  beef  cattle 
is  used,  together  with  bulletins  and  information  sheets  which  will  ac- 
company the  assignments. 

Text:  Henry  & Morrison,  Feeds  and  Feeding.  Madison,  Wis.:  The 
Henry-Morrison  Co.  $2.50. 

EA  27.  Hog  Raising.  15  assignments.  This  course  consists  of  a 
study  of  the  most  successful  methods  of  producing  hogs.  It  includes  com- 
parisons of  rations,  methods  of  management,  and  considers  other  ques- 
tions that  affect  the  economical  production  of  hogs.  The  section  of  the 
text  on  hogs  is  used  as  the  basis  for  this  course,  being  supplemented  with 
bulletins  and  information  sheets  which  accompany  the  assignments. 

Text:  Henry  & Morrison,  Feeds  and  Feeding.  Madison,  Wis.:  The 
Henry-Morrison  Co.  $2.50. 

EA  28.  Sheep  Raising.  15  assignments.  This  course  consists  of  a 
study  of  the  most  successful  and  economical  methods  of  producing  and 
finishing  sheep,  including  comparisons  of  feeds  and  discussions  of 
methods  of  management.  The  section  of  the  text  on  sheep  will  be  used 
as  a basis  for  this  course  and  will  be  supplemented  by  bulletins  and  in- 
formation sheets  which  will  accompany  the  lessons. 

Text:  Henry  & Morrison,  Fields  and  Fielding.  Madison,  Wis.:  The 
Henry-Morrison  Co.  $2.50. 

EA  30.  Beekeeping.  15  assignments.  This  course  consists  of  a 
study  of  the  methods  and  practices  of  bee  culture. 

Text:  A.  I.  and  E.  R.  Root,  The  ABC  and  X Y Z of  Bee  Culture. 
Macdina,  Ohio:  A.  I.  Root  Co.  $2.50. 

EA  31.  Farm  Management.  18  assignments.  In  this  course  farm- 
ing is  studied  as  a business,  the  factors  affecting  its  success  being  con- 
sidered with  a view  toward  more  efficient  organization.  Consideration 
is  also  given  to  methods  of  keeping  accounts. 

Text:  Warren,  Farm  Management.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Co. 

$1.75. 


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Industrial  Courses 

CARPENTRY  AND  BUILDING 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  Ell.  Shop  Mathematics. 

2.  El  2.  Mechanical  Drawing,  Applied. 

3.  El  3.  Architectural  Drawing. 

4.  El  4.  Constructive  Carpentry  and  Inside  Finishing. 

5.  El  5.  Heating  and  Ventilating. 

(Select  three  additional  Subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 

FARM  ENGINEERING 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  El  6.  Farm  Drainage. 

2.  El  7.  Farm  Buildings. 

3.  El  8.  Concrete  Construction. 

4.  El  9.  Farm  Blacksmithing. 

5.  El  10.  Farm  Machinery. 

(Select  three  additional  Subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 

STATIONARY  ENGINEER 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  El  1.  Shop  Mathematics. 

2.  El  2.  Mechanical  Drawing,  Applied. 

3.  El  11.  Steam  Boilers  and  Engines. 

4.  El  12.  Gasoline  Engines. 

5.  El  13.  Blacksmithing. 

(Select  three  additional  Subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 

HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT 

1.  El  15.  Highway  Construction. 

2.  El  8.  Concrete  Construction. 

3.  El  19.  Bridge  and  Culvert  Construction. 

4.  El  16.  Roads  and  Pavements. 

5.  El  28.  Strength  of  Materials. 

(Select  three  additional  Subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 

HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT  II 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  El  14.  Plane  Surveying. 

2.  El  16.  Roads  and  Pavements. 

3.  El  28.  Strength  of  Materials. 

4.  El  2.  Mechanical  Drawing,  Applied. 

5.  El  30.  Structural  Engineering. 

(Select  three  additional  Subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 

MACHINE  SHOP  AND  GENERAL  REPAIRING 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  El  1.  Shop  Mathematics. 

2.  El  2.  Mechanical  Drawing,  Applied. 

3.  El  17.  Automobiles. 

4.  El  13.  Blacksmithing. 

5.  El  18.  Machine  Shop  Work. 

(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 


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Industrial  Courses 


El  3.  Architectural  Drawing. 

El  17.  Automobiles. 

El  13.  Blacksmithing. 

El  19.  Bridge  and  Culvert  Construction. 

El  4.  Constructive  Carpentry  and  Inside  Finishing. 
El  8.  Concrete  Construction. 

El  20.  Elementary  Woodworking. 

El  9.  Farm  Blacksmithing. 

El  7.  Farm  Buildings. 

El  6.  Farm  Drainage. 

El  10.  Farm  Machinery. 

El  21.  Farm  Woodworking. 

El  22.  Foundry  Practice. 

El  12.  Gasoline  Engines. 

El  23.  Gasoline  and  Oil  Traction  Engines. 

El  15.  Highway  Construction. 

El  5.  Heating  and  Ventilating. 

El  18.  Machine  Shop  Work. 

El  2.  Mechanical  Drawing,  Applied. 

El  24.  Pattern  Making. 

El  14.  Plane  Surveying. 

El  25.  Plumbing. 

El  26.  Practical  Electricity. 

El  16.  Roads  and  Pavements. 

El  27.  Sheet  Metal  Drafting. 

El  1.  Shop  Mathematics. 

El  28.  Strength  of  Materials. 

El  11.  Steam  Boilers  and  Engines. 

El  29.  Steam  Traction  Engines. 

El  30.  Structural  Engineering. 


By  special  arrangement  with  this  department,  students  may  choose 
from  other  lists  of  electives  set  forth  in  this  pamphlet,  or  from  among 
the  credit  courses. 


Detailed  Information  Regarding  Each  of  the  Subjects 
in  the  Industrial  Courses 

El  1.  Shop  Mathematics.  18  assignments.  The  object  of  this  series 
of  lessons  is  to  teach  the  fundamental  principles  of  mathematics  to  shop 
men  and  to  those  desiring  a thorough  training  in  useful  mathematical 
operations.  The  problems  are  of  a practical  nature  and  are  such  as  will 
develop  an  interest  in  the  subject.  The  work  is  taken  up  under  the  fol- 
lowing heads:  Common  fractions,  decimal  fractions,  money  and  wages, 
percentage,  circumference  of  circles,  cutting  and  grinding  speeds,  ratio, 
proportion,  speeds  and  diameters  of  pulleys,  gear  ratios,  gear  trains, 
screw  cutting,  area  of  circles  and  rectangles,  volumes  of  solids,  squares 
and  square  root  and  cubes  and  cube  root.  In  addition  to  the  above,  les- 
sons are  given  for  practice  in  calculation,  as  well  as  to  impart  a knowl- 
edge of  the  principles  of  machines,  covering  the  subjects  of  the  lever, 
mechanical  advantages,  types  of  blocks  and  differential  pulleys,  the 
wedge  and  jack  screw,  power  and  work,  horsepower  of  engines,  specific 
gravity,  temperatures,  and  expansion  and  contraction.  In  connection 


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with  this  study  the  construction,  operation  and  use  of  the  slide  rule  is 
fully  explained  and  its  value  emphasized  in  computing  and  checking  shop 
problems. 

Text:  Norris  & Smith,  Shop  Mathematics,  Part  I.  New  York:  Mc- 
Graw-Hill Book  Co.  $1.50. 

El  2.  Mechanical  Drawing,  Applied.  18  assignments.  A progres- 
sive series  of  lessons  for  beginners,  in  which  instruction  is  given  in  con- 
nection with  special  concrete  exercises.  This1  study  will  appeal  to  those 
who  desire  a practical  training  in  mechanical  drawing,  and  especially  to 
those  engaged  in  mechanical  work,  who  have  not  had  an  opportunity  to 
secure  a training  in  this  subject.  The  work  includes  the  use  of  instru- 
ments, line  notation,  principles  of  working  drawing,  dimensioning,  scale 
drawing,  section  drawing,  tracings  and  blueprinting,  orthographc  pro- 
jections, intersections,  development  of  surfaces,  sketching  and  making 
detail  and  assembly  drawings  of  machine  parts. 

Text:  Mathewson,  Applied  Mechanical  Drawing.  Springfield,  Mass.: 
The  Taylor-Holden  Co.  $1. 

El  3.  Architectural  Drawing.  18  assignments.  A beginning 
course  arranged  for  those  desiring  a good  working  knowledge  of  the 
subject  of  architectural  drawing,  enabling  them  to  work  out  plans  for 
buildings  and  building  construction.  The  course  includes  instructions 
in  projection  drawing,  object  drawing,  perspective  drawing,  and  prac- 
tical working  drawings,  consisting  of  floor  plans,  elevations,  sectional 
views  and  details  of  foundations,  floors,  partitions,  doors,  windows,  roofs, 
stairways,  and  fireplaces  of  frame,  brick,  and  stone  buildings.  This 
course  will  appeal  especially  to  carpenters,  contractors,  lumber  dealers, 
mill  men,  and  brick  and  stone  masons. 

Text:  Edminster,  Architectural  Drawing.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. : Pratt 
Institute.  $2. 

El  4.  Constructive  Carpentry  and  Inside  Finishing.  18  assign- 
ments. A carefully  arranged  study  for  those  desiring  to  enter  or  be- 
come more  proficient  in  carpentry  and  building.  An  opportunity  is  given 
to  acquire  a large  amount  of  practical  knowledge  regarding  fundamental 
principles  of  the  work.  The  course  includes  a study  of  foundations, 
forms  of  construction,  carpenter’s  geometry,  the  steel  square,  roof  con- 
struction, outside  finishing,  stair  building,  inside  finishing,  estimating, 
and  other  important  subjects,  together  with  a large  number  of  practical 
problems  pertaining  to  the  trade. 

Text:  King,  Constructive  Carpentry.  Chicago:  American  Book  Co. 
70c. 

King,  Inside  Finishing.  Chicago:  American  Book  Co.  80c. 

El  5.  Heating  and  Ventilating.  The  subject  of  heating  and  ven- 
tilating is  one  that  has  been  greatly  neglected.  On  account  of  the  lack 
of  information  and  a misunderstanding  of  the  principles  involved,  many 
defective  installations  have  been  made.  Men  who  can  properly  design 
and  install  apparatus  of  this  kind  are  greatly  appreciated.  The  object 
of  this  study  is  to  assist  those  interested  in  becoming  more  proficient  in 
laying  out  plans  and  installing  heating  and  ventilating  equipment.  The 
various  methods  employed,  equipment  required,  and  the  arrangements  of 
parts  of  greatest  efficiency  for  both  heating  and  ventilating  are  care- 
fully considered.  Some  of  the  subjects  treated  are  the  following:  Com- 
position of  air,  amount  required  per  person,  heat  losses,  furnace  heating, 
hot-water  heating,  steam  heating,  indirect  radiation,  direct-indirect  sys- 
tem, air-washing,  humidity  systems,  etc. 

Text:  Hoffman,  Handbook  for  Heating  and  Ventilating  Engineers. 
New  York:  McGraw-Hill  Book  Co.  $3.50. 


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El  6.  Farm  Drainage.  15  assignments.  This  subject  treats  of  the 
benefits  derived  from  tile  and  open-ditch  drainage;  when  the  tile  should 
be  used  and  when  the  open  ditches;  the  systems  that  are  best  adapted  to 
the  different  conditions;  method  of  making  the  survey;  how  to  determine 
the  size  of  the  tile  required;  the  depth  and  distance  apart  the  tile  should 
be  placed;  kind  of  tile  to  use;  where  it  can  be  obtained  and  its  probable 
cost;  digging  the  ditches  by  hand  and  by  machine;  laying  the  tile;  how 
the  back  filling  should  be  done;  making  the  outlets;  and  the  cost  of  the 
tiling. 

Free  Bulletins. 

El  7.  Farm  Buildings.  16  assignments.  This  study  furnishes  in- 
struction in  planning  and  arranging  all  kinds  of  outbuildings  for  the 
farm,  such  as  general  barns,  horse  barns  and  stables,  cattle  barns,  dairy 
barns,  swine  barns,  sheep  barns  and  sheds,  poultry  houses,  silos,  cribs, 
granaries,  workshops,  feed  racks  and  troughs,  farm  fences,  farm  gates, 
dipping  tanks,  and  also  some  of  the  many  farm  conveniences.  This  study 
is  of  great  practical  value  to  those  interested  in  any  line  of  farming. 

Text:  Saunders,  Farm  Buildings.  Chicago:  Saunders  Publishing 
Co.  $2. 

El  8.  Concrete  Construction.  12  assignments.  The  lessons  ar- 
ranged in  this  subject  are  prepared  to  give  assistance  to  those  interested 
in  the  many  uses  of  concrete.  The  study  deals  with  the  selection  of  ma- 
terials and  tools,  proper  proportions,  computation  of  quantities,  con- 
struction of  forms,  use  of  reenforcing  material,  methods  of  mixing  and 
placing  concrete  in  constructing  sidewalks,  feeding  floors,  foundations, 
driveways,  fence  posts,  tanks,  cisterns,  etc.;  also  some  instruction  will 
be  given  on  the  construction  of  silos,  culverts,  and  small  farm  build- 
ings. 

Text:  Free  Bulletins. 

El  9.  Farm  Blacksmithing.  16  assignments.  One  of  the  most  es- 
sential needs  on  the  farm  is  the  repair  shop.  This  need  not  be  expen- 
sively equipped,  but  should  include  some  of  the  mort  important  black- 
smithing  tools.  Where  a workshop  is  not  available,  a portable  forge  with 
a few  forging  tools  can  be  used  in  doing  much  of  the  farm  blacksmith- 
ing. This  work  is  planned  for  beginners.  It  includes  directions  for  se- 
lecting the  equipment,  proper  methods  of  managing  the  fire,  and  care- 
ful directions  for  forging  articles  of  use,  such  as  gate  hooks,  staples, 
bolts,  rings,  links,  chain  hooks;  also  the  method  of  making  welds,  and 
forging  and  tempering  steel  chisels,  punches,  wrenches,  and  other  tools. 

Text:  Bacon,  Forge  Practice.  New  York:  Wiley  and  Sons.  $1.50. 

El  10.  Farm  Machinery.  16  assignments.  This  subject  treats  of 
important  mechanical  principles  applied  to  machines  and  to  machinery 
in  general  use  on  the  farms  of  Kansas,  such  as  tillage,  seeding,  harvest- 
ing, threshing,  haying,  grinding  and  pumping  machinery,  manure  spread- 
ers, feed  mills,  wagons,  buggies,  and  sleds.  Too  few  farmers  realize  the 
part  farm  tools  take  in  the  development  of  the  farm  and  in  farm  opera- 
tions. The  object  of  this  course  is  to  aid  the  student  better  to  under- 
stand the  selection,  methods  of  operating,  and  the  adjustment  of  common 
farm  tools. 

Text:  Davidson  and  Chase,  Farm  Machinery  and  Farm  Motors. 
New  York:  Orange  Judd  Co.  $2. 

El  11.  Steam  Boilers  and  Engines.  18  assignments.  The  object  of 
this  study  is  to  assist  those  interested  in  acquiring  a practical  knowledge 
in  regard  to  the  installation,  care,  and  management  of  steam  boilers, 
steam  engines,  and  other  equipment  essential  to  modern  steam  power 
plants.  This  study  is  taken  up  in  such  a manner  as  to  be  of  interest  not 
only  to  beginners,  but  also  to  the  more  experienced  engineers,  especially 


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those  preparing  to  pass  examinations  for  a stationary  engineer’s  license. 
Some  of  the  subjects  treated  are  fuels  and  combustion,  boilers,  smoke  pre- 
vention, stokers,  pumps,  superheaters,  mechanical  draft,  corrosion  and 
scale,  types  and  classification  of  steam  engines  and  turbines,  valve 
mechanism,  governors,  condensers,  feed-water  purifiers,  instruments,  in- 
dicator cards,  boiler,  and  engine  trials,  etc. 

Text:  Hiscox,  Modern  Steam  Engineering.  New  York:  Norman  W. 
Henley  Publishing  Co.  $2.40. 

El  12.  Gasoline  Engines.  16  assignments.  A study  arranged  for 
those  desiring  to  learn  how  to  select  and  operate  a stationary  or  portable 
gasoline  or  kerosene  engine  and  how  to  apply  it  to  all  kinds  of  work  on 
the  farm.  The  course  will  include  a study  of  the  elementary  principles; 
two-  and  four-stroke  cycle;  combustion,  expansion  and  exhaust;  valves 
and  valve  gear;  moisture;  methods  of  governing;  care  and  management; 
pressure;  temperature;  horsepower  and  efficiency. 

Texts:  Poole,  The  Gas  Engine.  New  York:  McGraw-Hill  Book  Co. 

$1. 

Brooks,  Practical  Gas  and  Oil  Engine  Handbook.  Chicago: 

F.  J.  Drake  Publishing  Co.  $1. 

El  13.  Blacksmithing.  18  assignments.  A systematically  arranged 
series  of  lessons  and  exercises  in  blacksmithing,  of  interest  not  only  to 
beginners,  but  also  to  the  more  experienced  workmen.  A careful  study 
is  made  of  equipments;  arrangements  of  modern  shops;  composition  and 
manufacture  of  iron  and  steel;  methods  of  forging  simple  and  compli- 
cated shapes,  both  by  hand  and  by  power;  proper  method  of  hardening, 
tempering,  annealing,  welding;  and  other  important  phases  of  the  sub- 
ject. In  addition  to  textbook  work,  practical  exercises  are  forged  in  iron 
and  steel  from  blueprints  and  direction  sheets  furnished. 

Text:  Bacon,  Forge  Practice.  New  York:  John  Wiley  and  Sons. 
$1.50. 

El  14.  Plane  Surveying.  18  assignments.  A study  of  the  subject 
of  plane  surveying,  consisting  of  fundamental  principles,  general 
methods,  field  notes,  use  and  care  of  instruments,  chaining,  transit  sur- 
veying, calculations  of  bearings,  earth  work,  computations,  drafting- 
room  methods,  plotting  maps,  etc.  The  study  includes  the  working  out 
of  a number  of  actual  problems  by  the  student  with  instruments.  It  is 
especially  designed  for  county  engineers,  county  surveyors,  and  others 
desiring  a practical  knowledge  of  this  subject. 

Text:  Pence  & Ketchum,  Surveying  Manual.  New  York:  McGraw- 
Hill  Book  Co.  $2. 

El  15.  Highway  Construction.  16  assignments.  The  subject  of 
highway  engineering  will  include  the  location,  construction,  drainage, 
and  maintenance  of  earth  roads,  and  the  construction  and  maintenance 
of  the  various  types  of  improved  road  covering,  such  as  rock,  gravel, 
sand-clay,  petrolithic,  etc.  The  use  of  various  kinds  of  road  machinery 
will  also  be  considered,  and  the  cost  of  operation  under  various  condu 
tions.  The  practical  aspect  of  the  construction  and  maintenance  of 
bridges  and  culverts  will  also  be  taken  up,  particular  emphasis  being 
placed  on  the  modern  types  of  permanent  structures,  such  as  those  of 
masonry  and  concrete.  The  course  will  be  based  on  a specially  pre- 
pared bulletin  and  a selected  list  of  the  publications  of  the  United  States 
Office  of  Public  Roads. 

Text:  Free  Bulletins. 

El  16.  Roads  and  Pavements.  16  assignments.  A study  of  road 
and  pavement  design  and  construction.  The  work  includes  a careful 
consideration  of  road  economics  and  management,  drainage  of  roads  and 
streets,  location  of  country  roads,  broken  stone  and  macadam  roads,  foun- 


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dations  and  materials  for  pavements,  city  streets,  etc.  Particular  em- 
phasis is  given  in  this  study  to  country  road  improvements. 

Text:  Spalding,  Roads  and  Pavements.  New  York:  John  Wiiey  and 
Sons.  $2. 

El  17.  Automobiles.  18  assignments.  A very  practical  and  interest- 
ing study  arranged  for  those  desiring  to  learn  how  to  select,  operate, 
care  for  and  repair  automobiles.  The  different  types  of  cars,  their 
adaptation  and  the  principles  of  their  construction  are  carefully  con- 
sidered. A study  is  made  of  each  important  part  of  the  car,  particularly 
those  parts  which  require  testing  and  adjustment.  Special  attention  is 
given  to  the  newer  devices,  such  as  self-starters  and  electric  lighting 
systems.  This  study  is  one  that  will  be  of  special  interest  and  help  to 
car  owners,  chauffeurs,  repair  men,  garage  owners,  demonstrators,  etc. 

Text:  Hobbs  and  Elliott,  The  Gasoline  Automobile.  New  York:  Mc- 
Graw-Hill Book  Co.  $2. 

El  18.  Machine  Shop  Work.  18  assignments.  A study  intended  for 
those  who  wish  to  become  intelligent  and  highly  skilled  machinists. 
Fundamental  operations  are  carefully  explained  and  instruction  is  given 
in  theory  and  scientific  principles  underlying  the  trade,  enabling  one  to 
become  intelligent  and  resourceful  and  ready  in  adapting  himself  to  new 
conditions  and  requirements. 

Text:  Smith,  Principles  of  Machine  Shop  Work.  Boston:  Industrial 
Education  Book  Co.  $3. 

El  19.  Bridge  and  Culvert  Construction.  16  assignments.  A course 
of  study  especially  arranged  to  meet  the  needs  of  road  supervisors  and 
contractors  interested  in  the  construction  of  small  bridges  and  culverts. 
This  includes  the  study  of  structures  of  wood,  steel,  and  concrete  and 
their  use  in  construction.  Instruction  is  given  in  preparing  field  notes 
for  design,  selection  of  materials,  computation  of  quantities,  construction 
of  forms  and  false  work,  and  steps  in  construction. 

Text:  Data  For  Use  In  Designing  Culverts  and  Short  Span  Bridges, 
Public  Roads  Bulletin  45.  Washington,  D.  C.:  Supt.  of 
Documents.  15  cents. 

El  20.  Elementary  Woodworking.  16  assignments.  Most  boys  en- 
joy using  tools.  This  is  especially  true  when  they  are  permitted  to  make 
articles  which  they  can  use  in  connection  with  their  play  or  home  work. 
Left  to  themselves  without  assistance,  however,  their  work  is  liable  to  be 
crude  and  rough;  but  with  definite  plans  and  careful  directions  very 
satisfactory  results  are  secured.  In  order  to  aid  and  encourage  boys  in 
their  constructive  work  this  study  is  offered.  Some  of  the  topics  con- 
sidered are  the  following:  Selection  of  tool  equipment,  sharpening  both 
edge  and  tooth  tools,  tool  processes,  making  working  drawing,  squaring 
up  stock  in  constructing  completed  articles,  selection  of  materials  used, 
Yood  finishing,  etc.  The  textbook  selected  furnishes  careful  drawings 
and  directions  for  making  a large  number  of  practical  articles.  The 
articles  suggested  are  arranged  in  groups  so  that  by  selecting  one  or 
more  from  each  group  a progressive  series  of  tool  processes  can  be  se- 
cured. This  study  will  appeal  to  all  boys  interested  in  constructive  work 
who  are  provided  with  a few  of  the  more  important  tools,  material  for 
workbench,  and  a place  reserved  somewhere  at  their  home  for  them  to 
work. 

Text:  Burton,  Shop  Projects  Based  on  Community  Problems.  Muncie, 
Ind.:  Vocational  Supply  Co.  90c. 

El  21.  Farm  Woodworking.  16  assignments.  In  addition  to  the 
equipment  of  the  farm  shop  for  blacksmithing,  some  of  the  essential 
tools  for  woodworking  should  be  included.  This  study  is  planned  to  give 
training  and  assistance  to  farmers  and  farmers’  boys  in  doing  much  of 


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their  repair  work  and  in  constructing  many  articles  of  use  for  the  home 
and  the  farm.  The  study  includes  directions  for  selecting  tools  and  how 
to  keep  them  in  order,  directions  for  laying  out  work,  sawing,  gauging, 
planing,  modeling,  mitering,  mortising,  cutting  rafters,  and  elementary 
framing,  together  with  directions  for  building  a worshop  and  other  farm 
buildings. 

Text:  Brace  and  Mayne,  Farm  Shop  Work.  Chicago:  American 
Book  Co.  $1. 

El  22.  Foundry  Practice.  18  assignments.  The  object  of  this 
study  is  to  supplement  work  in  the  foundry  and  to  furnish  a comprehen- 
sive knowledge  in  a subject  which  has  been  greatly  neglected  in  recent 
years,  and  in  which  there  is  great  opportunity  for  advancement,  through 
the  use  of  scientific  principles  and  economic  methods.  The  work  includes 
a study  of  materials,  tools,  principles  of  molding,  core  work,  sweep  work, 
and  cupola  practice. 

Text:  Richards,  Elementary  Foundry  Practice.  New  York:  The 
Macmillan  Co.  $1.25. 

El  23.  Gasoline  and  Oil  Traction  Engines.  16  assignments.  A 
practical  study  for  those  interested  in  the  application  of  internal-com- 
bustion engines  to  the  various  tasks  on  the  farm.  The  course  will  in- 
clude a study  of  the  special  advantages  of  this  style  of  engines,  the 
construction  and  workings  of  the  different  parts,  including  a careful 
study  of  the  carburetor,  valves,  forms  of  ignition,  batteries,  methods  of 
starting,  governing,  cooling,  testing;  also  the  troubles  that  are  likely  to 
occur,  and  how  they  may  be  found  and  remedied. 

Text:  Page,  The  Modern  Gas  Tractor.  New  York:  Norman  W. 

Henley  Publishing  Co.  $2.  (If  ordered  direct  from  publish- 
ers, mention  Home-study  Service  Department,  Kansas  State 
Agricultural  College.) 

El  24.  Pattern  Making.  18  assignments.  A study  of  the  subject 
of  pattern  making,  arranged  for  those  desiring  to  specialize  in  this 
line  of  woodworking.  The  work  is  planned  to  familiarize  students  with 
typical  processes  used  in  modern  shops.  A study  is  made  of  the  different 
kinds  of  patterns  and  the  proper  method  of  their  construction.  The 
aim  will  be  to  furnish  in  a practical  manner,  and  in  as  short  a time  as 
possible,  the  working  knowledge  which  was  formerly  furnished  by  the 
old-time  apprenticeship  system. 

Text:  Purfield,  Wood  Pattern  Making.  Ypsilanti,  Mich.:  Horace  T. 
Purfield,  Publisher.  $1.25. 

El  25.  Plumbing.  18  assignments.  Sanitation  in  modern  buildings  is 
now  receiving  far  more  consideration  than  at  any  other  time  in  the  history 
of  architecture.  New  methods  are  being  employed  and  the  systems  of 
installation  have  so  changed  the  character  of  plumbing  that  new  stan- 
dards of  comparison  are  required  to  determine  the  quality  of  work.  The 
object  of  this  study  is  to  enable  those  interested  in  this  important  work 
to  become  familiar  with  present-day  methods  in.  designing  and  installing 
plumbing  systems.  Accurate  rules  and  formulas  are  employed  in  place 
of  empirical  methods  formerly  used,  and  to  this  extent  plumbing  systems 
can  be  designed  to  be  more  definite  and  reliable.  A careful  study  of 
these  lessons  will  be  of  great  interest  and  value  not  only  to  the  young 
men  beginning  a study  of  this  subject,  but  also  to  more  experienced 
workmen. 

Text:  Cosgrove,  Principles  and  Practice  of  Plumbing.  Pittsburg, 
Pa.:  Standard  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Co.  $4. 

El  26.  Practical  Electricity.  18  assignments.  A carefully  ar- 
ranged study  for  men  engaged  in  electrical  work  desiring  to  become 
more  familiar  with  the  subject  and  more  proficient  in  handling  and 


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operating  electrical  machinery  and  equipment.  This  study  is  especially 
adapted  to  men  engaged  in  such  employments  as  power-plant  work, 
handling  electrical  machinery,  wiring  buildings,  setting  up  and  oper- 
ating dynamos,  motors,  etc.  These  lessons  are  also  adapted  to  the 
needs  of  those  desiring  to  begin  a study  of  practical  electricity.  The 
following  are  some  of  the  headings  which  will  receive  careful  considera- 
tion: Principles  of  electricity;  measuring  and  testing  instruments; 
installation  and  management  of  direct  and  alternating-current  dynamos 
and  motors;  outside  distribution;  interior  wiring;  wiring  costs;  single, 
two,  three  and  special  transformers,  parallel  operation;  principles  of 
interior  and  exterior  illumination;  etc. 

Text:  Croft,  American  Electricians’  Handbook.  New  York:  Mc- 
Graw-Hill Book  Co.  $3. 

El  27.  Sheet  Metal  Drafting.  18  assignments.  A study  designed 
to  meet  the  needs  of  workmen  engaged  in  the  sheet-metal  working  trades. 
The  work  includes  a study  of  the  use  and  care  of  drawing  instruments, 
the  construction  of  the  more  important  geometrical  problems,  numerous 
problems  in  projections,  working  drawings,  and  intersections  of  solids, 
after  which  a study  is  made  of  suruface  development  and  the  drawing 
of  simple  and  intersected  surfaces,  with  pattern  cutting,  mensuration 
and  estimating. 

Text:  Mathewson,  Applied  Mechanical  Drawing.  Springfield,  Mass.: 
Taylor-Holden  Co.  $1. 

El  28.  Strength  of  Materials.  16  assignments.  A study  designed 
to  teach  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  strength  of  materials  to 
practical  men,  enabling  them  to  obtain  a knowledge  of  a subject  of  much 
value  in  contracting  and  building,  and  in  structural  engineering  work. 
The  subjects  treated  are  those  usually  included  in  a course  of  this 
character. 

Text:  Merriman,  Strength  of  Materials.  New  York:  Wiley  and 
Sons.  $1. 

El  29.  Steam  Traction  Engines.  12  assignments.  A study  of  the 
construction,  care  and  management  of  steam  traction  engines.  Each 
part  of  the  boiler  and  engine  is  carefully  considered,  and  the  work  which 
it  has  to  perform  is  fully  explained.  Directions  are  given  for  setting 
up  and  operating,  also  a study  is  made  of  such  subjects  as  scale  in  the 
boiler,  economical  firing,  sparks,  pressure,  low  water,  lining  the  engine, 
setting  the  valves,  and  the  working  of  injector  and  pumps. 

Text:  Stephenson,  Farm  Engines  and  How  to  Run  Them.  Chicago: 
F.  J.  Drake  Publishing  Co.  $1. 

El  30.  Structural  Engineering  I.  18  assignments.  This  study 
deals  with  the  fundamentals  of  structural  engineering,  loads  on  struc- 
tures, principles  of  statics,  reactions,  shear  and  moments,  influence  lines 
and  algebraic  treatment  of  concentrated  loads,  stresses  in  truss  members, 
design  of  structural  members,  use  of  steel  handbook,  and  shop  drawing. 

Text:  Hool,  Elements  of  Structure.  New  York:  McGraw-Hill 
Book  Co.  $2.50. 


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Home  Economics  Courses 

Required  Subjects: 


1. 

EH 

1. 

Household  Management. 

2. 

EH 

2. 

Foods  and  Cookery  I. 

3. 

EH 

3. 

Foods  and  Cookery  II. 

4. 

EH 

9. 

Home  Nursing. 

5. 

EH  14. 

Child  Life  and  Care  of  Children. 

(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 
DOMESTIC  ART. 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  EH  1.  Household  Management. 

2.  EH  5.  Sewing  I. 

3.  EH  6.  Textiles. 

4.  EH  11.  Home  Decoration. 

5.  EH  16.  Costume  Design. 

(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 

GENERAL  COURSE  IN  HOME  ECONOMICS 

Required  Subjects: 

1.  EH  1.  Household  Management. 

2.  EH  2.  Foods  and  Cookery  I. 

3.  EH  9.  Home  Nursing. 

4.  EH  5.  Sewing  I. 

5.  EH  11.  Home  Decoration. 

(Select  three  additional  subjects  from  list  of  electives.) 


List  of  Elective  Subjects  Applying  to  the  Home 
Economics  Courses 

EH  2.  Foods  and  Cookery  I. 

EH  3.  Foods  and  Cookery  II. 

EH  4.  Foods  and  Cookery  III. 

EH  5.  Sewing  I. 

EH  6.  Textiles. 

EH  7.  Elementary  Needlework. 

EH  9.  Home  Nursing. 

EH  10.  Home  Sanitation. 

EH  11.  Home  Decoration. 

EH  12.  Personal  Hygiene. 

EH  13.  Household  Bacteriology. 

EH  14.  Child  Life  and  Care  of  Children. 

EH  15.  Household  Chemistry. 

EH  16.  Costume  Design. 

EH  17.  Laundering. 


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Detailed  Information  Regarding  Each  of  the  Subjects  in 
The  Home  Economics  Courses 

EH  1.  Household  Management.  18  assignments.  The  course  offers 
a comprehensive  study  of  the  mechanics  of  the  household,  the  budget, 
the  business  of  purchasing,  the  basis  of  efficiency,  the  proper  records  of 
the  household,  practical  accounting,  order  and  system  in  the  household, 
and  many  other  equally  important  subjects.  The  business  side  of  house- 
keeping is  not  given  the  preponderance  over  the  esthetic  problem  of 
home  making,  but  the  latter  phase  is  considered  in  a wholesome  way  as 
well.  It  is  a very  general  survey  of  the  business  of  keeping  a house  and 
making  a home. 

Text:  Christine  Frederick,  The  New  Housekeeping.  New  York: 
Doubleday,  Page  & Co.  $1.35. 

EH  2.  Foods  and  Cookery  I.  20  assignments.  This  course  com- 
prises a study  of  the  food  principles,  their  preparation  and  use,  together 
with  instruction  upon  food  adjuncts  and  good  combinations.  Every  class 
of  cookery  is  covered  in  a very  complete  and  satisfactory  way,  while  the 
preservation  of  food,  planning  of  meals,  selection  of  diets,  table  service, 
and  the  cost  of  food  are  included  in  the  course. 

Text:  Greer,  Textbook  of  Cooking.  Chicago:  Allyn  and  Bacon. 
$1.25. 

EH  3.  Foods  and  Cookery  II.  16  assignments.  This  course  is  de- 
signed to  broaden  one’s  knowledge  of  the  food  subject,  and  covers  the 
source  and  constituents  of  foods,  telling  where,  how,  and  by  whom  each 
food  is  produced.  The  process  of  manufacture,  preparation  for  the 
market,  adulteration  and  defects,  and  selection  for  use  are  some  of 
the  topics  considered  for  every  common  food  product. 

Text:  Bailey,  Source,  Chemistry  and  use  of  Food  Products.  Phila- 
delphia: P.  B.  Blakiston’s  Son  & Co.  $1.60. 

EH  4.  Foods  and  Cookery  III.  18  assignments.  This  course  covers 
the  principles  of  human  nutrition,  giving  instruction  in  the  chemical 
elements  involved  in  human  nutrition,  the  compounds  of  human  nu- 
trition, digestion  and  distribution  of  digested  foods,  the  functions  of 
food  compounds  and  the  laws  of  nutrition.  Part  II  deals  with  the  prac- 
tical dietetics,  in  which  the  subject  of  balancing  rations  is  treated  with 
reference  to  regulating  the  diet  for  varying  conditions  of  life  from  child- 
hood to  old  age. 

Text:  Jordan,  The  Principles  of  Human  Nutrition.  Chicago:  The 
Macmillan  Co.  $1.75. 

EH  5.  Sewing  I (Elementary  Garment  Making).  18  assignments. 
Every  woman  needs  at  least  an  elementary  knowledge  of  sewing;  for 
even  though  it  is  possible  to  buy  every  article  of  clothing  ready  made, 
a knowledge  of  the  subject  is  necessary  in  order  to  select  wisely,  to 
make  the  selections  look  well,  and  to  make  them  wear  as  long  as  pos- 
sible. The  making  of  undergarments,  choice  of  patterns,  alteration  of 
patterns,  selection  of  materials  and  trimmings,  use  of  sewing  machine, 
the  drafting  of  simple  patterns,  cutting  and  making  garments,  em- 
broidery, and  the  hygiene  of  clothing,  will  each  be  studied  in  a com- 
prehensive way. 

Text:  L.  I.  Baldt,  Clothing  for  Women.  Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippin- 
cott  Pub.  Co.  $2. 

EH  6.  Textiles.  18  assignments.  This  course  comprises  a study  of 
the  various  textile  fibers,  carrying  each  through  a brief  history  of  its 


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use — the  cultivation  at  the  present  period — the  process  of  manufacture, 
the  preparation  for  market,  and  the  economic  phases  concerning  each 
one.  Adulterations  and  common  tests,  as  well  as  instruction  upon  all 
the  common  fabrics,  are  given.  Weaving,  dyeing,  bleaching,  finishing  are 
some  of  the  interesting  processes  treated.  Yarns,  laces,  artificial  fibers, 
and  substitutes  for  fibers  are  given  attention  also.  This  course  will 
broaden  one’s  knowledge  of  the  subject  of  textiles,  making  the  housewife 
much  better  able  to  select  and  purchase  her  supplies. 

Text:  Woolman  & McGowan,  Textiles.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan 
Co.  $2. 

EH  7.  Elementary  Needlework.  18  assignments.  The  making  of 
a number  of  small,  useful  articles  involving  the  simple  stitches  and 
processes  of  hand  sewing  with  a view  to  the  development  of  the  manual 
skill  and  practical  knowledge. 

Text:  Burton,  School  Sewing  Based  on  Home  Problems.  Muncie, 
Ind.:  Vocational  Supply  Co.  90c. 

EH  9.  Home  Nursing.  18  assignments.  A carefully  arranged  course 
which  covers  the  entire  field  of  private  or  practical  nursing.  Instruction 
is  given  also  with  a view  to  training  the  student  how  to  meet  common 
emergencies  in  the  home  and  to  make  proper  preparation  in  extreme 
cases  for  the  physician  or  surgeon.  A study  is  made  of  the  nature  of  the 
different  diseases  and  their  possible  complications  and  practical  care.  Spe- 
cial attention  is  given  also  to  the  following  important  subjects:  the  nurse, 
the  patient,  feeding  the  sick,  the  sick  room,  bandaging,  accidents,  emer- 
gencies, home  treatment,  contagious  and  infectious  diseases,  nursing 
special  cases,  maternity  nursing,  cape  of  infants  and  children. 

Text:  Charlotte  Aikens,  Home  Nurses’  Handbook  of  Practical  Nurs- 
ing. Philadelphia.  The  W.  B.  Sanders  Co.  $1.50. 

EH  11.  Home  Decoration.  18  assignments.  Home  may  be  made 
much  more  inviting  and  attractive  by  a study  of  this  course,  for  it  is  de- 
signed to  give  instruction  upon  the  various  elements  that  combine  to 
make  a harmonious  dwelling.  In  it  are  considered  the  outward  ap- 
pearance, the  plan  of  the  house,  the  treatment  of  the  walls  and  floors,  the 
various  rooms,  rugs  and  furnishings,  pictures  and  ornaments.  A very 
delightful  study,  which  will  be  sure  to  deepen  the  interest  in  things  that 
center  in  and  about  the  home. 

Text:  Materials  furnished  with  the  course. 

EH  12.  Personal  Hygiene.  18  assignments.  This  course  comprises 
the  application  of  biology  and  physiology  to  the  health  problems.  It  is 
descriptive  of  the  value  of  health.  It  teaches  personal  responsibility,  and 
the  care  of  the  body  as  a human  machine.  Some  of  the  lessons  to*  be 
covered  are  the  following:  the  care  of  the  teeth,  the  hygiene  of  eating 
and  drinking,  bathing,  the  care  of  the  hair,  and  the  complexion,  physical 
exercises,  and  the  ethics  of  health. 

Text:  Anna  M.  Galbraith,  Personal  Hygiene  and  Physical  Training 
for  Women.  Philadelphia:  W.  B.  Sanders  Co.  $2.25. 

EH  13.  Household  Bacteriology.  18  assignments.  Now  that  so 
many  of  the  common  diseases  have  been  traced  to  germ  action  it  is  im- 
perative that  the  progressive  housewife  be  informed  upon  the  essentials 
of  the  life  history  of  the  common  forms.  Moreover,  since  many  common 
germs  are  helpful  rather  than  harmful  in  their  activities,  it  is  well  to 
know  about  these  forms.  Hence  this  course  gives  instruction  upon  bac- 
teria, yeasts  and  molds  in  a manner  that  is  both  very  interesting  and 
highly  instructive.  The  housewife  who  takes  this  course  should  become 
a better  bread  maker,  an  expert  at  canning  and  caring  for  fruit  and 
vegetables,  and  be  better  prepared  to  preserve  and  minister  to  the  health 
of  her  family. 

Text:  Conn,  Bacteria,  Yeasts  and  Molds.  New  York:  Ginn  & Co. 

$1.20. 


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EH  14.  Child  Life  and  Care  of  Children.  18  assignments.  This  is 
a study  of  normal  children  and  their  habits.  It  is  given  in  such  a way 
that  it  will  arouse  a deeper  sympathy  and  a broader  toleration  of  chil- 
dren. It  is  designed  also  to  enlarge  the  understanding  and  create  a 
keen  appreciation  of  child  life.  The  care  and  feeding  of  children  occupies 
a generous  portion  of  the  course,  covering  as  it  does  the  feeding  of  in- 
fants, feeding  during  the  transition  period,  and  the  feeding  of  children 
of  school  age.  Character  building,  art  and  literature  in  child  life,  studies 
and  accomplishments,  financial  and  religious  training,  and  faults  and 
their  remedies  are  some  of  the  topics  studied. 

Text:  Mary  L.  Read,  Mothercraft  Manual.  Boston:  Little,  Brown  & 
Co.  $1.50. 

EH  15.  Household  Chemistry.  16  assignments.  The  progressive 
housewife  of  to-day  feels  that  at  least  an  elementary  knowledge  of  chem- 
istry is  necessary  in  order  to  comprehend  the  subject  of  food  and  nu- 
trition in  its  broadest  sense,  as  well  as  to  understand  many  other  sub- 
jects and  articles  connected  with  everyday  life.  Hence  this  course 
treats  of  first  principles  of  chemistry  in  such  a way  as  to  furnish  this 
necessary  knowledge.  Metal  tarnishes,  iron  rust,  hard  water,  soaps, 
bleaching,  blueing  and  dyeing  are  some  of  the  practical  topics  treated. 

Text:  Snell,  Elementary  Household  Chemistry.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Co.  $1.25. 

EH  16.  Costume  Design.  20  assignments.  Problems  in  the  effective 
application  of  line  and  color  in  planning  costume  for  figures  of  various 
types. 

Text:  Estelle  Peele  Izor,  Costume  Design  & House  Planning.  Chi- 
cago : Atkinson,  Mentzer  & Grover.  90c. 

EH  17.  Laundering.  20  assignments.  Kinds  of  fabrics  and  their 
characteristics;  stains  and  their  removal;  washing  agents,  preparation 
and  processes  for  various  classes  of  clothing;  laces  and  special  cleaning; 
fumigation  and  disinfection;  dry  cleaning;  domestic  and  institutional 
equipment. 

Text:  L.  R.  Balderston,  Laundering.  Philadelphia:  L.  R.  Balder- 
ston,  1224  Cherry  St.  $1.25. 


PART  III 


Credit  Courses 

(Fee,  $10  for  a year’s  enrollment,  not  to  exceed  eight  semester  credits.  For  nonresi- 
dents of  Kansas  the  fee  is  $15  a year.) 

This  department  offers  credit  work  by  correspondence  in  two  general 
lines— for  entrance  credit  (regular  accredited  high-school  subjects),  and 
for  college  credit.  All  work  is  equal  in  extent  and  comprehensiveness  to 
the  parallel  resident  courses.  In  a general  way  the  same  prerequisites 
are  necessary  for  these  courses  as  for  high-school  and  college  courses  in 
residence. 

Correspondence  credit  courses  have  advantages  and  disadvantages 
when  compared  with  resident  courses.  Among  the  advantages  is  the 
fact  that  they  can  be  taken  while  at  home  and  in  connection  with  other 
necessary  work  that  makes  impossible  attendance  at  an  educational  in- 
stitution. They  also  have  the  advantage  over  class  work  of  requiring  the 
student  to  work  through  the  material  in  all  its  phases  and  details.  This 
advantage  has  been  well  proved  by  the  mastery  of  the  subject  matter  by 
those  who  have  completed  correspondence  courses,  by  the  ease  with 
which  they  have  met  their  examinations,  and  by  the  strength  shown  as 
they  have  continued  their  work  in  classes. 

In  the  organization  of  this  department  every  effort  has  been  made 
to  eliminate  the  disadvantages  often  found  in  correspondence-study 
work.  Many  of  these  disadvantages,  such  as  absence  of  laboratory  fa- 
cilities, have  been  practically  eliminated  by  the  fact  that  no  courses  are 
offered  in  which  strictly  laboratory  work  is  required.  A plan  is  under 
consideration  whereby  certain  lines  of  work  previously  presented  only 
through  the  laboratory  method  will  be  handled  as  supervised  home 
projects.  Thereby  much  of  this  work  will  be  rendered  very  effective,  as 
it  will  be  done  under  actual  field  conditions. 

The  absence  of  library  facilities  is  reduced  to  a minimum  by  arrange- 
ments made  with  the  College  library  whereby  students  may  borrow  books 
for  a reasonable  length  of  time.  The  disadvantage  of  lack  of  personal 
contact  with  the  instructor  cannot  be  entirely  overcome  and  long  has  been 
considered  a great  obstacle  in  the  way  of  correspondence  work.  This,  no 
doubt,  has  been  well  founded  where  the  regular  resident  instructors  have 
been  relied  upon  to  handle  correspondence  students  as  a side  line,  but  the 
organization  of  the  Department  of  Home-study  Service  provides  an  in- 
dependent corps  of  instructors  for  correspondence-study  work.  These  in- 
structors have  been  very  carefully  selected,  not  only  because  of  their 
special  preparation  and  experience  in  the  lines  which  they  will  teach, 
but  also  because  of  their  unusual  interest  in  and  fitness  for  teaching  by 
mail.  1 1 1 

The  work  of  the  instructors  in  this  department  is  not  merely  a matter 
of  correcting  papers,  but  embraces  the  comprehensive  field  of  surveying 


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the  needs  of  each  student  and  fitting  the  instruction  to  the  individual 
case.  Under  this  sort  of  guidance  the  student  who  is  out  in  the  field 
in  close  contact  with  the  practical  problems  of  life  may  do  excellent  work. 
The  increase  in  the  percent  of  students  who  have  satisfactorily  com- 
pleted their  courses  since  this  plan  was  adopted  justifies  the  conclusion 
that  many  of  the  disadvantages  of  the  older  system  of  correspondence  in- 
struction have  been  overcome. 

These  courses  should  be  of  particular  interest  to  those  who  for  any 
reason  are  temporarily  unable  to  attend  high  school  or  college.  They 
also  offer  opportunity  for  the  ambitious  student  to  use  his  vacation  time 
to  advantage.  This  department  does  not  close  for  summer  vacation, 
and  therefore  provides  a year-round  school. 

The  Plan  of  Credit  Courses 

Throughout  this  bulletin  the  term  “course”  is  used  to  refer  to  a 
single  subject  consisting  of  from  eight  to  twenty-four  lesson  assign- 
ments. 

The  credit  courses  are  divided,  for  convenience,  into  two  general 
groups — the  high-school  group  and  the  college  group.  Each  of  these 
groups  is  in  turn  classified  into  groups  of  courses  in  the  same  general 
field  of  work.  Wherever  conditions  will  permit,  the  required  courses 
named  in  the  general  College  catalogue  are  offered.  In  some  cases  this 
is  hardly  possible  by  reason  of  the  extensive  laboratory  and  field  work 
required.  Some  of  the  groups  should  be  particularly  valuable  to  the 
person  engaged  in  practical  work  in  the  field.  For  example,  the  agri- 
cultural courses  are  especially  valuable  to  teachers  of  agriculture;  the 
educational  courses  should  prove  particularly  attractive  to  public-school 
teachers  and  students  preparing  to  meet  the  requirements  for  state 
certificates. 


Examination 

At  the  close  of  each  course,  before  a report  card  is  issued,  a final  ex- 
amination is  necessary.  This  final  examination  may  be  taken  in  the  office 
of  the  Department  of  Home-Study  Service  at  the  College,  or  arrange- 
ments may  be  made  by  the  student  to  take  it  locally  under  the  city  or 
count  superintendent  of  schools.  In  the  latter  case  the  examination  ques- 
tions and  instructions  for  conducting  the  examination  are  mailed  from  the 
department  to  the  examiner,  and  the  student’s  paper  is  sent  in  by  him. 
This  final  examination  determines  entirely  the  final  grade  in  the  course 
reported  to  the  Registrar  and  to  the  student.  The  preparation  of  papers 
is  required  throughout  the  course,  and  the  papers  are  read,  graded  and 
commented  upon  solely  as  an  aid  to  the  student  in  mastering  the  subject 
matter. 

This  form  of  study  work  gives  the  student  such  familiarity  with  the 
entire  ground  covered  in  any  course,  and  so  trains  him  in  expressing  his 
thought  in  clear-cut,  concise  statements  that  the  examination  presents 
but  little  difficulty. 


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Grades 


Whenever  a subject  is  satisfactorily  completed  and  the  examination 
passed,  a report  card  is  issued  showing  the  name  of  the  subject  and  the 
grade  of  work.  This  grade  is  turned  into  the  registrar's  office  and  be- 
comes a matter  of  permanent  record  just  as  though  the  work-  had  been 
taken  in  residence.  The  student  also  is  furnished  a copy  of  this  report. 

Fees 

The  enrollment  fee  for  credit  courses  is  $10  a year.  This  rate  ap- 
plies to  all  residents  of  Kansas.  (The  fee  required  of  nonresidents  of 
the  state  is  $15  a year.)  Those  who  may  be  only  temporarily  employed 
outside  of  the  state  may  enroll  for  the  regular  $10  fee,  provided  they 
still  claim  their  citizenship  in  Kansas.  Enrollment  cannot  be  trans- 
ferred from  one  student  to  another,  neither  can  any  portion  of  the  en- 
rollment fee  be  refunded. 

If  a student’s  work  is  interrupted  by  protracted  illness  or  military 
service,  he  may,  by  special  arrangements,  secure  an  extension  of  his  en- 
rollment period  without  payment  of  further  dues.  All  such  cases  must 
be  handled  individually. 

Each  student  is  expected  to  pay  the  postage  on  lessons,  manuscripts 
and  communications  sent  in  to  the  department.  This  office  will  furnish 
postage  for  the  return  of  all  such  papers  to  the  student. 

This  enrollment  entitles  the  student  to  as  much  work  as  can  be  sat- 
isfactorily completed  in  one  year,  not  to  exceed  eight  semester  hours  of 
college  work  or  three  semester  credits  of  high-school  work,  unless  the 
work  is  of  a very  high  character,  in  which  event  special  arrangements 
may  be  made  for  a limited  amount  of  additional  work. 

Textbooks 

All  credit  subjects  are  based  on  textbooks;  these  are  furnished  by 
the  student.  In  the  paragraph  explaining  each  subject  the  names  of  the 
textbooks,  the  prices  and  the  names  of  publishers  are  given  for  the  con- 
venience of  students  who  desire  to  order  their  books  directly  from  the 
publishing  companies.  To  assist  students  in  getting  the  proper  edition 
of  the  various  textbooks,  and  also  to  insure  prompt  delivery,  which  is 
hardly  possible  if  the  books  are  ordered  by  the  students  from  a distant 
company,  this  department  has  arranged  with  the  local  book  stores  to 
carry  a supply  of  all  texts,  any  of  which  will  be  mailed  to  students  at 
exactly  the  same  price  as  if  purchased  from  the  publisher. 

How  to  Enroll 

In  general,  completion  of  the  course  of  the  eighth  grade  is  desirable 
before  undertaking  any  of  the  high-school  courses,  and  completion  of  a 
four-year  high-school  course  before  registering  for  college  work. 

Students  who  are  doing  work  in  residence  at  the  Kansas  State  Agri- 
cultural College  or  at  any  other  educational  institution  may  not  be  en- 


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rolled  for  correspondence-study  work  without  the  written  permission  of 
the  dean  or  other  proper  authority. 

Some  students  may  be  permitted  to  carry  two  courses  simultaneously, 
although  usually  this  is  inadvisable.  When  only  one  course  is  taken,  the 
effort  is  concentrated  and  the  work  can  be  completed  in  a reasonable 
length  of  time.  Certain  courses  have  prerequisites;  where  this  is  the 
case  it  will  be  so  stated  in  the  detailed  discussion  of  the  course.  These 
requirements  must  be  met  before  enrolling  for  a course.  When  enrolling 
use  the  blank  found  in  this  pamphlet,  and  indicate  the  course  desired  by 
name  and  number.  Enclose  this  blank  with  the  amount  of  the  enroll- 
ment fee,  which  is  $10  for  residents  of  Kansas  and  $15  for  nonresidents 
of  the  state.  All  checks  should  be  made  payable  to  Director  of  Home- 
study  Service,  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College.  If  textbooks  are  to 
be  sent  from  this  department,  enclose  separate  check  for  the  cost  of 
these  and  state  the  books  that  are  to  be  sent.  Never  include  payment 
for  textbooks  in  the  same  check  with  fees  or  other  expenses. 

Note.  Any  credit  course  may  be  taken  as  a noncredit  or  vocational 
course  under  the  terms  indicated  for  vocational  courses. 


High-school  Courses 

(College  Entrance  Credit  Work.) 

In  offering  the  following  work  for  high-school  credit  there  is  no  in- 
tention of  competing  with  the  high  schools  of  the  state.  It  is  not  the 
purpose  of  those  who  have  planned  the  work  to  present  a full  four-year 
high-school  course.  Students  who  have  opportunity  to  attend  local  high 
schools  should  by  all  means  take  advantage  of  the  opportunity,  for  in 
such  attendance  they  will  be  under  the  personal  direction  of  their  in- 
structors and  will  have  the  benefit  to  be  derived  from  association  with 
fellow  students,  as  well  as  many  other  advantages  which  will  be  help- 
ful to  immature  students  of  high-school  age. 

These  courses  are  offered  as  an  aid  to  those  who  may  by  necessity 
be  temporarily  out  of  high  school,  who  may  not  find  the  work  which  they 
desire  offered  locally,  or  who  wish  to  carry  work  for  high-school  credit 
during  vacation  periods.  It  is  not  to  be  expected  that  a student  can 
progress  as  rapidly  by  correspondence-study  methods  as  he  can  by  de- 
voting his  full  time  to  his  work  when  attending  high  school.  Any  stu- 
dent who  completes  a half  year  of  high-school  work  in  a year  by  corre- 
spondence may  feel  that  he  has  done  exceedingly  well. 

These  high-school  courses  will  be  especially  advantageous  to  pros- 
pective college  students  who  have  entrance  deficiencies,  and  to  public- 
school  teachers  who  may  not  have  had  the  opportunity  to  do  this  type  of 
work.  No  effort  has  been  spared  to  make  the  work  as  nearly  as  possible 
parallel  with  the  courses  offered  by  the  accredited  high  schools  of  the 
state.  The  same  textbooks  have  been  used  wherever  feasible  and  the 
credits  issued  by  this  department  will  be  recognized  by  the  colleges  and 
State  Board  of  Education. 


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List  of  High-school  Courses 

(See  following  pages  for  detailed  discussion  of  each  course.) 


AGRICULTURE  Unit,  Ac- 
credit. merits. 

PCA  1.  Elementary  Agriculture  I y2  20 

PCA2.  Elementary  Agriculture  II  y2  20 

DRAWING 

PCD  2.  Geometrical  Drawing*  y2  20 

PCD  3.  Mechanical  Drawing  I y2  20 

PCD  4.  Mechanical  Drawing  II y2  20 

ENGLISH 

PCE  1.  Grammar  and  Composition  y2  20 

PCE  2.  Literature  y2  20 

PCE  3.  Composition y2  20 

PCE  4.  Literature  , y2  20 

PCE  5.  Composition  y2  20 

PCE  6.  Literature  y2  20 

MATHEMATICS 

PCM  1.  Algebra  I y2  20 

PCM  2.  Algebra  II  y2  20 

PCM  3.  Algebra  III  i/2  20 

PCM  4.  Plane  Geometry  I y2  20 

PCM  5.  Plane  Geometry  II  y2  20 

PCM  6.  Solid  Geometry  y2  20 

HISTORY 

PCH  1.  Ancient  History  I y2  20 

PCH  2.  Ancient  History  II  y2  20 

PCH  3.  Medieval  History*  y2  20 

PCH  4.  Modern  History*  y2  20 

PCH  5.  American  History  I y2  20 

PCH  6.  American  History  II  y2  20 


High  -school  Courses  in  Detail 

Agriculture 

PCA  1.  Elementary  Agriculture  I.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assign- 
ments. This  course  is  designed  to  cover  in  a thorough  manner  the  ele- 
mentary principles  of  several  phases  of  agriculture.  The  subjects  treated 
include  improvement  of  plants  and  animals,  plant  growth  and  nutrition, 
soils  and  fertilizers,  cereal  crops,  forage  crops,  and  fiber  crops.  The 
outline  for  the  work  is  made  in  careful  detail,  so  that  all  of  the  essential 
points  are  duly  emphasized.  No  laboratory  work  is  required  with  the 
course,  but  suggestions  are  given  for  securing  and  using  illustrative 
material. 

Text:  Waters,  Essentials  of  Agriculture.  Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  $1.25. 

PCA  2.  Elementary  Agriculture  II.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  as- 
signments. This  course  is  a continuation  of  Elementary  Agriculture  I. 
The  subject  matter  includes  the  study  of  roots  and  tubers,  orcharding, 
forestry,  insect  pests,  diseases  of  plants,  silos  and  silage,  animal  feeding, 
dairying,  horse  production,  beef  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  poultry,  farm  me- 
chanics and  the  business  aspects  of  farming.  The  arrangement  of  the 
material  and  the  nature  of  the  work  is  similar  to  that  described  for  the 
preceding  course. 

Text:  Waters,  Essentials  of  Agriculture.  Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  $1.25. 


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Drawing 

PCD  2.  Geometrical  Drawing.  One  half  unit  credit;  20  assign- 
ments. A first  course  in  the  use  of  instruments.  Treats  of  the  construc- 
tion of  perpendiculars,  parallels,  angles,  and  polygons,  with  work  in 
lettering  and  the  making  of  simple  drawings. 

Text:  International  Correspondence  School,  Geometrical  Drawing. 

Scranton,  Pa.:  International  Correspondence  Schools.  40c. 

PCD  3.  Mechanical  Drawing  I.  One-half  unit  credit  ; 20  assign- 
ments. An  introductory  study  of  mechanical  drawing  dealing  with  selec- 
tion, use,  and  care  of  instruments,  and  including  work  in  lettering,  pro- 
jections, and  development  of  surfaces. 

Text:  French,  Engineering  Drawing,  New  York:  McGraw-Hill  Book 

Company.  $1.90. 

PCD  4.  Mechanical  Drawing  II.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assign- 
ments. Prerequisite : Mechanical  Drawing  I.  An  advance  study  in 
mechanical  drawing  dealing  with  conventional  methods  of  representation, 
working  drawings,  and  technical  sketching. 

Text:  French,  Engineering  Drawing.  New  York.  McGraw-Hill 

Book  Company.  $1.90. 

English 

These  courses  follow  carefully  the  State  Course  of  Study  for  High 
Schools  of  Kansas  and  give  three  units  credit,  or  full  college  entrance 
requirements  in  English.  Each  year’s  work  includes  two  divisions:  the 
first,  composition;  the  second,  literature. 

FIRST  YEAR. 

PCE  1.  Grammar  and  Composition.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assign- 
ments. In  accordance  with  the  State  Course  of  Study,  this  first  half 
year’s  work  in  high-school  English  consists  of  a study  of  grammar,  with 
emphasis  upon  sentence  structure. 

Texts:  Canby  & Opdycke,  Elements  of  Composition.  Chicago:  The 
Macmillan  Company.  $1.12. 

Wooley,  Handbook  of  Composition.  Chicago:  D.  C.  Heath  & 
Co.  80c. 

PCE  2.  Literature.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  In  this 
course  four  books,  selected  from  the  list  of  collateral  reading  as  given 
in  the  State  Course  of  Study,  are  read  and  reviewed  and  the  following 
classics  are  given  careful  study. 

Texts:  Irving,  Sketch  Book,  Eclectic  Series.  Chicago:  American 
Book  Company.  20c. 

Coleridge,  The  Ancient  Mariner,  Gateway  Series.  Chicago: 
American  Book  Company.  30c. 

Franklin,  Autobiography,  Eclectic  Series.  Chicago:  Ameri- 
can Book  Company.  20c. 

Shakespeare,  As  You  Like  It,  Eclectic  Series.  Chicago: 
American  Book  Company.  20c. 

SECOND  YEAR 

PCE  3.  Composition.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  The  first 
semester’s  work  in  grammar  and  composition  is  a preparation  for  this 
course,  which  is  on  composition  and  rhetoric.  Rhetoric  has  more  to  do 
with  effective  writing  and  not  so  much  with  the  mechanical  steps  of 
composition.  In  this  course,  therefore,  the  study  of  effective  writing  is 
undertaken. 

Text:  Canby  & Opdycke,  Elements  of  Composition.  Chicago:  The 
Macmillan  Company.  $1.12. 


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PCE  4.  Literature.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  The 
last  semester  of  the  second-year  high-school  English  is  one  of  the  most 
interesting  courses  offered.  Four  books  from  a suggested  list  for  collat- 
eral reading  are  read,  and  written  reports  based  on  a carefully  planned 
outline  are  prepared.  The  following  classics  are  studied: 

Texts:  Scott,  Ivanhoe,  Eclectic  Series.  Chicago:  American  Book 
Company.  20c. 

Shakespeare,  Merchant  of  Venice,  Standard  English  Classics. 
Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  30c. 

Eliot,  Silas  Marner,  Eclectic  Series.  Chicago:  American 
Book  Company.  20c. 

Shakespeare,  Julius  Caesar,  Standard  English  Classics.  Chi- 
cago: Ginn  & Co.  30c. 

Tennyson,  Idyls  of  the  King,  Eclectic  Series.  Chicago: 
American  Book  Company.  20c. 

THIRD  YEAR 

PCE  5.  Composition.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  This 
semester’s  work  is  in  constructive  English.  It  consists  of  a careful  study 
of  argumentation,  drill  in  selecting  and  wording  propositions,  planning 
and  writing  briefs,  and  constructing  full  arguments  on  subjects  suited 
to  boys  and  girls  of  the  third-year  high-school;  description,  including 
such  study  of  this  form  of  composition  as  will  enable  the  student  to  ob- 
serve closely,  to  select  important  features,  and  to  describe  accurately 
and  vividly  what  he  sees;  narration,  its  principles  and  essentials;  the 
story — the  purpose  of  the  study  is  to  get  the  student  to  appreciate  a 
good  story.  Many  short  stories  are  read  and  their  good  qualities  em- 
phasized. 

Text:  Canby  & Opdyke,  Elements  of  Composition.  Chicago:  The 
Macmillan  Company.  $1.12. 

PCE  5.  Literature.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  In  ac- 
cordance with  the  Course  of  Study  for  High  Schools  of  Kansas,  the 
second  semester  of  the  third-year  high-school  English  is  planned  to  de- 
velop appreciation  and  love  for  literature.  The  work  of  the  term  has  to 
do  with  drama  and  poetry.  The  following  will  be  studied: 

Texts:  Goldsmith,  The  Deserted  Village,  etc~  Macmillan  Pocket 
Classics.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Company.  28c. 

Sheridan,  The  Plays,  Macmillan  Pocket  Classics.  Chicago: 
The  Macmillan  Company.  28c. 

Shakespeare,  Macbeth,  Hudson  Edition.  Chicago:  Ginn  & 
Co.  30c. 

English  Narrative  Poems,  Macmillan  Pocket  Classics.  Chi- 
cago: The  Macmillan  Company.  28c. 

Bryant’s  Poems,  “Thanatopsis,  Sella  and  Other  Poems,”  ed- 
ited by  J.  H.  Castleman,  Macmillan  Pocket  Classics.  Chi- 
cago: The  Macmillan  Company.  28c. 

Holmes’  Poems,  edited  by  J.  H.  Castleman,  Macmillan  Pocket 
Classics.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Company.  28c. 

Whittier’s  Snowbound  and  Other  Early  Poems,  edited  by  A. 
L.  Bouton,  Macmillan  Pocket  Classics.  Chicago:  The 
Macmillan  Company.  28c. 

Poe’s  Poems,  edited  by  Charles  W.  Kent,  Macmillan  Pocket 
Classics.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Company.  28c. 

Browning’s  Shorter  Poems  (Cunliffe).  Chicago:  Charles 
Scribner’s  Sons.  25c. 


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Mathematics 

FIRST  YEAR 

PCM  1.  Algebra  I.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  A first 
course  in  the  study  of  algebra,  following  the  State  Course  of  Study  for 
High  Schools,  and  dealing  with  the  four  fundamental  operations,  posi- 
tive and  negative  values,  factoring,  equations,  and  transposition. 

Text:  Hawkes-Luby-Touton,  Complete  School  Algebra.  Chicago: 

Ginn  & Co.  $1.25. 

PCM  2.  Algebra  II.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  Pre- 
requisite: Algebra  I.  Follows  Algebra  I and  deals  with  ratio  and  pro- 
portion, graphical  representation,  radicals  and  roots,  and  quadratic  equa- 
tions. 

Texts:  Hawkes-Luby-Touton,  Complete  School  Algebra.  Chicago: 

Ginn  & Co.  $1.25. 

THIRD  YEAR 

PCM  3.  Algebra  III.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments.  Pre- 
requisites: Algebra  II.  A brief  advanced  review  of  factors  and  factor- 
ing, followed  with  advanced  work,  such  as  graphs,  exponents,  logarithms, 
progressions,  limits  and  infinity,  theory  of  equations,  and  the  binomial 
theorem. 

Text:  Hawkes-Luby-Touton,  Complete  School  Algebra.  Chicago: 

Ginn  & Co.  $1.25. 

SECOND  YEAR 

PCM  4.  Plane  Geometry  I.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments. 
A first  course  in  geometry,  dealing  with  fundamental  principles,  tri- 
angles, parallel  lines,  angles,  quadrilaterals,  polygons,  loci,  chords,  arcs, 
tangents,  secants,  measurement  of  angles,  with  construction  problems. 

Text : Ford  & Ammerman,  Plane  and  Solid  Geometry.  Topeka,  Kan. : 

State  Printer.  70c. 

PCM  5.  Plane  Geometry  II.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments. 
Prerequisite:  Plane  Geometry  I.  A course  following  Geometry  I,  deal- 
ing with  proportion,  similar  triangles  and  polygons,  proportional  prop- 
erties of  chords,  secants  and  tangents,  trigonometric  ratios,  areas  of 
polygons  and  circles,  with  miscellaneous  exercises. 

Text:  Ford  & Ammerman,  Plane  and  Solid  Geometry.  Topeka,  Kan.: 

State  Printer.  70c. 

THIRD  OR  FOURTH  YEAR 

PCM  6.  Solid  Geometry.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments. 
Prerequisite:  Plane  Geometry  II.  A course  in  the  treatment  of  solids, 
dealing  with  general  principles  of  lines  and  planes  in  space,  perpendicu- 
lars, parallels,  dihedral  and  polyhedral  angles,  prisms,  parallelepipeds, 
pyramids,  cylinders,  cones,  spheres,  spherican  angles,  triangles,  areas, 
and  volumes,  with  miscellaneous  exercises. 

Text:  Ford  & Ammerman,  Plane  and  Solid  Geometry,  Topeka,  Kan.: 

State  Printer.  70c. 


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History 

PCH  1 and  2.  Ancient  History.  One  unit  credit;  40  assignments. 
The  first  year’s  work  in  high-school  history  is  devoted  entirely  to  the 
study  of  ancient  history  down  to  800  a.  d.,  with  special  emphasis  on 
Greek  and  Roman  history.  In  offering  this  course  by  correspondence  it 
is  thought  best  to  use  the  two  sets  of  texts  adopted  by  the  State  Board, 
giving  equal  emphasis  to  the  political,  religious,  industrial  and  social 
life  of  the  peoples  who  have  contributed  to  our  own  civilization. 

Texts:  Westerman,  Story  of  the  Ancient  Nations.  Chicago:  D. 
Appleton  & Co.  $1.60. 

Robinson  and  Breasted,  Outlines  of  European  History.  Part 
I.  Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  $1.50. 

PCH  3.  Medieval  History.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments. 
This  course,  following  the  text  adopted  by  the  state,  comprises  a study  of 
the  period  of  European  history  from  800  A.  d to  1700  A.  d. 

Texts:  Harding,  New  Medieval  and  Modern  History.  Chicago: 
American  Book  Company.  $1.60. 

Robinson  and  Breasted,  Outlines  of  European  History,  Part 
I.  Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  $1.50. 

PCH  4.  Modern  History.  One-half  unit  credit;  20  assignments. 
The  last  half  of  second-year  history  involves  the  study  of  the  modern 
period,  emphasizing  the  political,  commercial,  social  and  religious  de- 
velopment of  the  modern  European  nations.  This  course  will  cover  the 
period  from  1700  to  the  present  time. 

Texts:  Harding,  New  Medieval  and  Modern  History.  Chicago: 
American  Book  Company.  $1.60. 

Robinson  and  Beard,  Outlines  of  European  History,  Part  II. 
Chicago:  Ginn  & Co.  $1.50. 

PCH  5 and  6.  American  History.  One  unit  credit ; 40  assignments. 
The  study  of  American  history  is  taken  up  near  the  close  of  the  high- 
school  course,  when  the  student  is  somewhat  familiar  with  the  periods 
that  precede  American  history.  He  has  learned  something  of  United 
States  history  in  the  grades,  has  acquired  some  knowledge  of  how  to 
study  history,  and  should  be  able  to  learn  from  the  four  texts  required 
in  this  course  the  main  steps  in  the  history  and  development  of  his  own 
nation.  This  course  consists  of  a survey  of  American  history  from  the 
discovery  of  America  to  the  present  time. 

Texts:  James  and  Sanford,  American  History.  New  York:  Charles 
Scribner’s  Sons.  $1.50. 

West,  American  History  and  Government.  Chicago:  Allyn  & 
Bacon.  $1.90. 

Bogart,  Economic  History  of  the  United  States.  Chicago: 
Longmans,  Green  & Co.  $1.75. 

MacDonald,  Documentary  Source  Book  of  American  History, 
1606-1913  (Rev.  Ed.).  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Com- 
pany. $1.75. 


College  Credit  Courses 

(See  following  pages  for  detailed  discussions  of  each  course.) 

DIVISION  OF  AGRICULTURE 


AGRONOMY  Semester 

credits. 

CA  3.  Grain  Crop  Production  2 

CA  4.  Forage  Crop  Production  2 

ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY 

CL  1.  Types  and  Classes  of  Livestock 1 

CL  2.  History  of  Breeds 2 

CL  3.  Principles  of  Feeding  3 

HORTICULTURE 

CH  1.  Fruit  Growing  2 

CH  2.  Gardening  3 

CH  3.  Floriculture  2 

CH  4.  Greenhouse  Construction  and  Management 3 

CF  1.  Farm  Forestry 2 

POULTRY  HUSBANDRY 

CPP  1.  Farm  Poultry  Production 1 


DIVISION  OF  ENGINEERING 

APPLIED  MECHANICS 


CE  5.  Concrete  Construction  1 

CE  2.  Mechanical  Drawing  I 2 

CE  6.  Mechanical  Drawing  II 3 

CE  4.  Kinematics  3 

CIVIL  ENGINEERING 

CE  1.  Highway  Engineering  I 2 

SHOP  PRACTICE 

CE  7.  Metallurgy  2 

STEAM  AND  GAS  ENGINEERING 

CE  3.  Farm  Motors 2 

CE  8.  Heating  and  Ventilation  A 2 

CE  9.  Airplane  Mechanics  1 

DIVISION  OF  HOME  ECONOMICS 

DOMESTIC  ART 

CHE  1.  Textiles  2 

DOMESTIC  SCIENCE 

CHE  2.  Foods  I 1 


DIVISION  OF  GENERAL  SCIENCE 

ECONOMICS  AND  SOCIOLOGY 


CE  c 1.  Economics  3 

CE  c 2.  Agricultural  Economics  3 

CS  2.  Rural  Sociology  . . . . ; 3 

CS  3.  Sociology  3 


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EDUCATION  (PROFESSIONAL) 

Semester  Assign- 

credits.  ments. 

CP  8.  Psychology  3 24 

CP  7.  Educational  Administration 3 24 

CP  2.  Educational  Psychology  3 24 

CP  4.  History  of  Education  3 24 

CP  3.  Educational  Sociology 3 24 

CP  12.  Home  Economics  Education 2 16 

CP  11.  Agricultural  Education 2 16 

CP  1.  Industrial  3 24 

CP  5.  Principles  of  Education  3 24 

CP  6.  Methods  of  Teaching  3 24 

CP  9.  School  Discipline  2 16 

CP  10.  Rural  Education  3 24 

ENGLISH 

CCE  1.  College  Rhetoric  I 3 24 

CCE  2.  College  Rhetoric  II  3 24 

CCE  3.  Business  English  3 24 

CCE  4.  The  Short  Story  3 24 

GEOLOGY 

CGI.  Dynamic  Geology  ' 2 16 

MATHEMATICS 

CM  7.  Plane  Trigonometry  3 25 


Division  of  Agriculture 

Francis  D.  Farrell,  Dean. 

Representatives  of  the  Division  of  Agriculture  in  Department  of  Home-study  Service 
George  Gemmell,  Agronomy  and  Horticulture 
, Animal  and  Poultry  Husbandry 

Note. — It  will  be  noted  that  certain  of  the  following  courses  require  laboratory  work. 
This  phase  of  the  course  is  not  undertaken  by  correspondence,  but  may  be  deferred  until 
the  student  comes  for  resident  study. 


Agronomy 


Professor  Call 
Professor  Salmon 
Professor  Throckmorton 
Assistant  Professor  Parker 
Assistant  Professor  Grimes 
Assistant  Professor  Cunningham 


Assistant  Professor  Sewell 
Assistant  Professor  Mullen 
Assistant  Wilson 
Assistant  Harling 
Assistant  Phinney 
Fellow  Tuttle 


C A 3.  Grain  Crop  Production.  2 semester  credits ; 20  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  101,  Grain  Crop  Production,  in  general  catalogue. 
*Deferred  laboratory  work,  3 hours,  1 semester  credit.  Prerequisite: 
College  Freshman  Course  in  General  Botany.  This  course  specializes 
on  the  cereal  crops,  treating  of  their  distribution,  relative  importance, 
production,  and  consumption. 

Texts:  Carleton,  The  Small  Grains.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Com- 
pany. $1.75. 

Montgomery,  The  Corn  Crops.  Chicago : The  Macmillan 
Company.  $1.60. 


CA  4.  Forage  Crop  Production.  2 semester  credits;  20  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  102,  Forage  Crop  Production,  in  General  Cata- 
logue. ^Deferred  laboratory  work,  3 hours,  1 semester  credit.  Pre- 
requisite: College  Freshman  Course  in  General  Botany.  This  course 


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takes  note  of  the  origin,  distribution,  value  and  production  of  forage 
crops,  including  sorghums,  alfalfa,  clover,  rape,  and  the  grasses.  Special 
reference  is  made  to  cultivation  and  handling  under  Kansas  conditions. 

Texts:  Piper,  Forage  Plants  and  Their  Culture.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Company.  $1.75. 

Wing,  Meadows  and  Pastures.  Chicago:  Breeder’s  Gazette 
Publishing  Company.  $1.50. 

Borman,  Sorghums.  Topeka,  Kan.:  Kansas  Farmer  Com- 
pany. $1.25. 

Animal  Husbandry 

Professor  McCampbell  Assistant  Professor  Paterson 

Associate  Professor  Bell  Assistant  Professor  Winchester 

Associate  Professor  Ferrin  Instructor  Aubel 

CL  1.  Types  and  Classes  of  Livestock.  1 semester  credit;  8 assign- 
ments. Corresponds  to  course  101,  Types  and  Classes  of  Livestock  (class 
work  only)  in  General  Catalogue.  *Deferred  laboratory  work,  6 hours, 
2 semester  credits,  consisting  of  practice  in  scoring  and  judging  market 
and  breeding  types  and  classes  of  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  and  swine. 

Texts:  Vaughan,  Types  and  Market  Classes  of  Livestock.  Columbus, 
Ohio:  R.  G.  Adams  & Co.  $2. 

Plumb,  Types  and  Breeds  of  Farm  Animals,  Chicago:  Ginn  & 
Co.  $2. 

CL  2.  History  of  Breeds.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments.  Cor- 
responds to  course  108,  History  of  Breeds  and  Pedigrees  (without  pedi- 
grees), in  General  Catalogue.  *Def erred  laboratory  work,  which  carries 
one  semester  credit,  consists  of  a study  of  herdbooks  and  pedigrees.  Pre- 
requisites: College  course,  Animal  Husbandry  101,  Types  and  Classes  of 
Livestock.  A study  is  made  of  the  history  and  development  of  pure-bred 
domestic  animals  and  of  the  factors  which  have  helped  or  hindered  their 
development.  Attention  is  also  given  to  the  leading  families  and  breed- 
ers of  the  present.  A detailed  study  of  the  history  of  two  breeds  is 
required.  One  of  these  breeds  is  the  Percheron  horse,  while  the  other 
may  be  either  Hereford  or  Shorthorn  cattle.  Of  the  texts  covering 
these,  only  the  one  covering  the  breed  elected  need  be  purchased. 

Texts:  Plumb,  Types  and  Breeds  of  Farm  Animals.  Chicago:  Ginn 
& Co.  $2. 

Sanders  & Dinsmore,  A History  of  the  Percheron  Horse.  Chi- 
cago: Breeder’s  Gazette  Publishing  Co.  $2.50. 

Sanders,  The  Story  of  the  Herefords.  Chicago:  Breeder’s 
Gazette  Publishing  Co.  $3. 

Sanders,  Shorthorn  Cattle.  Chicago:  Breeder’s  Gazette  Pub- 
lishing Co.  $3. 

CL  3.  Principles  of  Feeding.  3 semester  credits ; 24  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  104,  Principles  of  Feeding,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisites:  College  courses,  Veterinary  Medicine  205  (Anatomy  and 
Physiology),  and  Chemistry  120  (Organic  Chemistry).  This  course  con- 
sists of  a study  of  the  digestive  system  and  processes  of  nutrition,  and 
of  the  theory  of  practical  economy  of  rations  for  the  maintenance,  growth 
and  fattening  of  all  classes  of  farm  animals. 

Text:  Henry  & Morrison,  Feeds  and  Feeding.  Madison,  Was.: 
Henry-Morrison  Company.  $2.50. 


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Horticulture 

Professor  Dickens  Assistant  Doerner 

Professor  Ahearn  Assistant  Pratt 

CHI.  Fruit  Growing.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments.  Pre- 
requisite: College  course,  Horticulture,  101.  This  course  gives  the  stu- 
dent an  opportunity  to  learn  the  general  principles  and  specific  adapta- 
tion to  conditions  of  fruit  growing.  It  includes  a study  of  the  larger 
range  of  possibilities  and  determining  factors  of  commercial  and  home 
production,  management  of  soils  and  crops  consistent  with  fruit  planta- 
tions, a study  of  varieties  adapted  to  Kansas  conditions,  also  spraying 
for  disease,  and  insect  control. 

Text:  Bailey,  The  Principles  of  Fruit  Growing.  New  York:  The 
Macmillan  Company.  $1.75. 

For  reference:  Free  bulletins. 

CH  2.  Gardening.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  Corresponds 
to  course  213,  Gardening,  in  General  Catalogue.  This  course  presup- 
poses the  desire  on  the  part  of  the  student  to  obtain  a theoretical  as  well 
as  a practical  knowledge  of  growing  vegetables  and  fruits  for  home  and 
market.  Previous  experience  with  gardening  is  desirable,  and  a home 
garden  should  be  grown  in  connection  with  taking  this  course — simul- 
taneously, if  possible. 

Text:  Lloyd,  Productive  Vegetable  Growing.  Philadelphia:  J.  B. 
Lippincott  Company.  $1.75. 

Bailey,-  The  Principles  of  Fruit  Growing.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Company.  $1.75. 

CH  3.  Floriculture.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments.  General 
care,  selection  and  arrangement  of  flowers  and  shrubs  form  the  basis  of 
this  course.  The  more  one  knows  of  these  choice  things  of  nature  the 
greater  becomes  the  ability  to  appreciate  them.  Attention  is  given  to 
the  classification  of  ornamental  plants  as  to  their  environment,  soil 
moisture,  and  temperature  requirements. 

Text:  Bennett,  The  Flower  Garden.  New  York:  Doubleday,  Page 
and  Co.  $1.25. 

CH  4.  Greenhouse  Construction  and  Management.  3 semester 
credits;  24  assignments.  Corresponds  to  course  219,  Greenhouse  Con- 
struction and  Management,  in  General  Catalogue.  This  course  treats  of 
the  approved  form  and  construction,  location,  and  heating  systems  of 
greenhouses.  A study  of  the  special  needs  and  adaptations  of  green- 
house crops,  control  of  fungous  and  insect  enemies.  The  subject  matter 
will  be  covered  by  the  texts. 

Texts:  Taft,  Greenhouse  Construction.  New  York:  Orange  Judd 
Company.  $1.60. 

Taft,  Greenhouse  Management.  New  York:  Orange  Judd 
Company.  $1.60. 

CF  1.  Farm  Forestry.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  Corre- 
sponds to  course  113,  Farm  Forestry,  in  General  Catalogue.  *Deferred 
laboratory  work,  three  hours,  one  semester  credit.  This  course  is  a study 
of  the  structure  and  life  processes  of  forest  trees;  diseases  and  insect 
damages  and  methods  of  control;  care  in  planting  and  requirements  for 
tree  growth;  wood  lots  in  relation  to  farm  home,  protective  features, 
utilization  of  waste  land,  cost  of  upkeep,  and  value  of  returns.  De- 
tailed study  of  trees  suitable  for  planting  in  various  parts  of  the  state. 

Texts:  Fernow,  Care  of  Trees.  New  York:  Henry  Holt  & Co.  $2. 

Cheyney,  The  Farm  Wood  Lot.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan 
Company.  $1.50. 


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Poultry  Husbandry 

Professor  Lippincott 

Instructor  Pox 

Superintendent  Mugglestone 

CPP 1.  Farm  Poultry  Production.  1 semester  credit;  8 assign- 
ments. Corresponds  to  course  101,  Farm  Poultry  Production,  in  General 
Catalogue.  *Deferred  laboratory  work,  three  hours,  1 semester  credit. 
This  course  takes  up  the  problems  of  poultry  management  on  the  gen- 
eral farm.  The  subjects  of  feeding,  housing,  breeding,  incubation, 
brooding,  and  the  preparation  of  poultry  and  eggs  for  market  are  studied. 

Text:  Lippincott,  Poultry  Production.  Philadelphia:  Lea  & Febiger 
Co.  $2. 


Division  of  Engineering 

Andrey  Abraham  Potter,  Dean 

Representative  of  the  Division  of  Engineering  in  Department  of  Home-Study 
Service,  H.  H.  Fenton 


Applied  Mechanics 

Professor  Seaton 
Assistant  Professor  Wendt 
Assistant  Professor  Scholer 

CE  5.  Concrete  Construction.  1 semester  credit;  8 assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  140  in  General  Catalogue.  This  course  treats  of 
selection,  preparation  and  proportioning  of  materials,  construction  of 
forms,  mixing  and  handling  concrete,  reinforcements,  finishing,  water- 
proofing, and  coloring,  together  with  a study  of  making  foundations, 
blocks,  posts,  walks  and  floors,  tanks  and  cisterns,  silos,  and  bridges  and 
culverts. 

Text:  Seaton,  Concrete  Construction  for  Rural  Communities.  New 
York:  McGraw-Hill  Book  Co.  $2. 

CE  2.  Mechanical  Drawing  I.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  courses  160  and  165  in  General  Catalogue.  Prerequisite: 
Descriptive  Geometry.  Takes  up  selection  and  use  of  instruments,  with 
work  in  lettering  surfaces  and  intersection,  methods  of  representation, 
and  making  working  drawings. 

Text:  French,  Engineering  Drawing.  New  York:  McGraw-Hill 
Book  Co.  $2.50. 

CE  6.  Mechanical  Drawing  II.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments. 
(In  preparation.)  Corresponds  to  course  170  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisites:  Mechanical  Drawing  I;  Kinematics.  This  course  treats 
of  advanced  work  in  drawing,  using  actual  and  full  drafting-room  prac- 
tices. The  theoretical  design  of  cams  and  linkages  to  produce  required 
motions  and  velocity  ratios  is  taken  up  and  given  practical  application. 
Gear  teeth  are  accurately  calculated  and  drawn  from  templets  made  ac- 
cording to  the  determined  data  by  the  student.  Freehand  sketches  are 
made  of  various  machine  parts,  from  which  complete  working  drawings 
are  produced  without  further  reference  to  the  object  itself. 

Texts:  French,  Engineering  Drawing.  New  York:  McGraw-Hill 
Book  Co.  $2.50. 

Schwamb  & Merrill,  Elements  of  Mechanism.  New  York: 
John  Wiley  & Sons.  $2.50. 


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CE  4.  Kinematics.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  (In  prepa- 
ration.) Corresponds  to  course  180  in  General  Catalogue.  Prerequisites: 
Trigonometry  and  Descriptive  Geometry.  This  course  treats  of  motions 
and  mechanisms  producing  motion,  such  as  gears,  cylinders,  cones,  belts, 
levers,  cams,  and  various  linkages,  giving  quick  return,  straight-line  mo- 
tion, and  other  combinations.  The  graphical  and  mathematical  solution 
of  a great  number  of  applied  problems  is  required. 

Text:  Schwamb  & Merrill,  Elements  of  Mechanism.  New  York: 

John  Wiley  & Sons.  $2.50. 

Civil  Engineering 


Professor  Conrad 
Assistant  Professor  Frazier 
Instructor  Furr 
Instructor  White 

CE  1.  Highway  Engineering  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments. 
Prerequisite:  Applied  Mechanics  II.  This  course  covers  the  same  work 
as  course  230  in  the  General  Catalogue.  Jt  is  a study  of  the  proper  loca- 
tion, construction  and  maintenance  of  roads  and  pavements  of  all  kinds, 
including  earth,  broken  stone,  brick,  wood  block,  asphalt  and  concrete, 
together  with  a study  of  traction  resistances,  cleaning  and  sanitation, 
and  sidewalks,  curbs,  and  gutters. 

Text:  Frost,  Art  of  Road  Making.  New  York:  McGraw-Hill  Book 
Co.  $3. 

Shop  Practice 


Professor  Carlson 
Instructor  House 
Instructor  Lynch 
Instructor  Jones 
Instructor  Grant 
Assistant  Granell 


Instructor  Strom 
Instructor  Parker 
Instructor  Baldwin 
Assistant  Aiman 
Assistant  Whippo 
Assistant  Bundy 


CE  7.  Metallurgy.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments.  (In  prepa- 
ration.) Corresponds  to  course  165  in  General  Catalogue.  This  course, 
as  the  name  signifies,  deals  with  the  iron  industry,  treating  of  the  manu- 
facture and  use  of  iron  and  steel  and  the  various  alloys  in  the  indus- 
tries. 

Text:  Murks,  Mechanical  Engineer  Handbook.  New  York:  McGraw- 
Hill  Book  Co.  $5. 


Steam  and  Gas  Engineering 

Professor  Potter 

Associate  Professor  Calderwood 

Instructor  Mack 

CE  3.  Farm  Motors.  2 semester  credits ; 16  assignments.  Corre- 
sponds to  course  140  in  General  Catalogue.  A study  of  power-producing 
mechanisms,  including  steam  boilers  and  engines,  gas  and  oil  engines, 
automobiles  and  tractors,  water  power  and  windmills,  and  electric  motors 
and  generators,  giving  attention  to  farm  use  of  each. 

Text:  Potter,  Farm  Motors.  New  York.  McGraw-Hill  Book  Co. 

$1.50. 

CE  9.  Airplane  Mechanics.  1 semester  credit;  18  assignments. 
This  is  a new  course,  based  upon  Colvin’s  new  book,  following  the  outline 
given  by  the  Federal  Board  for  Vocational  Education.  The  course  deals 
with  airplane  materials,  construction,  instruments  and  motors,  including 
a brief  discussion  on  adjustments  and  touching  very  lightly  upon  the  sub- 


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ject  of  flight  as  handled  in  the  training  camp.  Many  blank  table  forms 
for  the  student’s  own  use  are  included,  together  with  some  supplement- 
ary technical  matter. 

Text:  Colvin,  Aircraft  Mechanics  Handbook,  New  York:  McGraw- 
Hill  Book  Co.  $3. 

CE  8.  Heating  and  Ventilating  A.  2 semester  credits;  16  assign- 
ments. Prerequisite:  Engineering  Physics.  This  course  corresponds  to 
course  180  in  the  General  Catalogue  and  is  intended  to  familiarize  the  stu- 
dent with  the  basic  principles  of  heating,  refrigeration,  and  ventilating. 
Use  of  these  principles  is  made  in  the  practical  application  of  heating  by 
hot  water,  hot  air,  and  steam ; of  ventilating  by  direct  and  indirect  meth- 
ods; and  of  cooling  of  air,  cold  storage,  and  ice  making. 

Text:  Hoffman,  Heating  and  Ventilating  Handbook.  New  York: 
McGraw-Hill  Book  Co.  $3.50. 


Division  of  Home  Economics 

Helen  P.  Thompson,  Dean. 

Representative  of  Division  of  Home  Economics  in  Department  of  Home-study 
Service,  Katherine  M.  Bower 


Domestic  Art 


Professor  Birdsall 
Assistant  Professor  Cowles 
Assistant  Professor  Jones 
Instructor  Fecht 


Assistant  Harrison 
Assistant  Hunt 
Assistant  Garby 
Assistant  McDonald 


CHE  1.  Textiles.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments.  Corresponds 
to  course  116,  Textiles,  in  General  Catalogue.  Prerequisite:  Organic 
Chemistry.  *Deferred  laboratory  work,  3 hours,  1 semester  credit.  The 
growth,  manufacture  and  use  of  textiles  is  considered  from  the  early 
ages  to  the  present  time  with  a view  of  enabling  the  student  to  become 
a more  intelligent  consumer.  Samples  of  representative  textiles  are 
mounted,  together  with  data  concerning  name,  width,  price,  weave  de- 
sign, fibers,  uses,  and  sources.  The  student  is  urged  to  obtain  current 
articles  on  textile  subjects  from  periodicals.  An  outline  of  the  chapters 
studied  in  each  text  is  required,  as  is  also  a term  paper  on  an  assigned 
subject. 

Texts:  O.  T.  Mason,  Woman’s  Share  in  Primitive  Culture.  New 
York:  D.  Appleton  & Co.  $1.75. 

Woolman  & McGowan,  Textiles.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan 
Co.  $2. 

Domestic  Science 


Professor  Haggart 
Assistant  Professor  Cox 
Assistant  Professor  Rothermel 
Assistant  Professor  Bennett 
Instructor  Smith 
Instructor  Green 


Instructor  Nabours 
Instructor  Perry 
Assistant  McCoy 
Assistant  Baldwin 
Assistant  Clark 


CH  2.  Foods  I.  1 semester  credit;  8 assignments.  (In  prepara- 
tion.) Corresponds  to  course  101,  Foods  I,  of  General  Catalogue.  Pre- 
requisite: Entrance  credit  in  Physics  and  Chemistry.  ^Deferred  labora- 
tory work,  6 hours,  3 semester  credits. 


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Division  of  General  Science 

Julius  Terrass  Willard,  Deem 

Representatives  of  General  Science  Division  in  Department  of  Home-study  Service, 
P.  P.  Brainard,  Julia  Baker  Alder. 


Economics  and  Sociology 

Professor  Kammeyer 
Associate  Professor  Merritt 
Assistant  Professor  Macklik 

CEc  1.  Economics.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  Corresponds 
to  course  101,  Economics,  in  General  Catalogue.  A study  of  economic 
principles  underlying  the  phenomena  of  production,  consumption,  ex- 
change and  distribution  of  wealth,  including  a general  survey  of  the 
state  in  its  relation  to  industry,  transportation,  public  utilities,  insurance, 
and  socialism. 

Texts:  Ely,  Outline  of  Economics.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Co. 
$2.25. 

Marshall  and  others,  Selected  Material  for  the  Study  of  Eco- 
nomics. Chicago:  Univ.  of  Chicago  Press.  $3. 

CEc  2.  Agricultural  Economics.  3 semester  credits ; 24  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  102,  Agricultural  Economics,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Undertakes  to  familiarize  the  students  with  the  economic  principles  and 
forces  with  which  every  farmer  must  deal.  The  relative  profitability  of 
farm  enterprises,  the  proportion  in  which  the  factors  of  production  should 
be  combined  for  the  optimum  results,  and  other  phases  of  production  are 
followed  by  the  laws  of  values  and  the  important  questions  connected  with 
the  exchange  of  farm  products  and  the  ultimate  distribution  of  farm 
wealth. 

Texts:  Taylor,  Agricultural  Economics.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan 
Co.  $1.25 

Ely  & Wicker,  Elementary  Economics.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Co.  $1.10. 

CS  2.  Rural  Sociology.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  Corre- 
sponds to  course  224,  Rural  Sociology,  in  General  Catalogue.  A study 
of  the  social  forces  peculiar  to  and  potent  in  rural  life;  rural  organiza- 
tions and  growth ; rural  ideals  apart  from  and  related  to  city  ideals. 

Texts:  Gillette,  Constructive  Rural  Sociology.  New  York:  Sturgis  & 
Walton  Company.  $1.60. 

Gill  & Pinchot,  The  Country  Church.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Company.  $1.25. 

Coulter,  Cooperation  Among  Farmers.  New  York:  Sturgis  & 
Walton.  $1.35. 

CS  3.  Sociology.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  Corresponds 
to  course  201,  Sociology,  in  General  Catalogue.  A course  designed  to 
give  the  student  a knowledge  of  social  forces,  institutions,  and  ideals, 
and  the  fundamental  principles  of  social  development. 

Texts:  Ross,  Social  Control.  New  York:  The  Macmillan  Co.  $1.25. 

Cooley,  Social  Organization,  New  York:  Charles  Scribner’s 
Sons.  $1.50. 

Fairchild,  Applied  Sociology.  New  York:  The  Macmillan 
Co.  $1.75. 


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Education 

Professor  Holton 
Associate  Professor  Kent 
Associate  Professor  Andrews 
Assistant  Professor  Lloyd-Jones 
Assistant  Professor  Peterson 
Assistant  Professor  Zahnley 

CP  1.  Industrial  Education.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  129,  Industrial  Education,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisites:  Educational  Administration.  Desirable  to  all  candidates 
for  teachers’  certificates  who  are  preparing  to  teach  manual  training, 
shop  work,  trade  courses,  or  other  industrial  subjects.  This  is  a study 
of  the  historical  development  of  industrial  training,  the  present  demands 
for  it,  conditions  to  be  met,  and  problems  arising.  It  includes  a review 
of  foreign  systems,  and  of  the  present  status  in  the  United  States,  giving 
particular  stress  to  successful  developments  fitting  our  modern  demands, 
and  national  and  state  aid. 

Texts:  Leake,  Industrial  Education.  Chicago:  Houghjton  Mifflin 
Co.  $1.40. 

Davenport,  Education  for  Efficiency.  Chicago:  D.  C.  Heath 
& Co.  $1.20. 

Dean,  The  Worker  and  the  State.  New  York:  The  Century 
Company.  $1.35. 

Snedden,  The  Problem  of  Vocational  Education.  Chicago: 
Houghton  Mifflin  Company.  40c. 

Government  Bulletins. 

CP  2.  Educational  Psychology.  3 semester  credits ; 24  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  109,  Educational  Psychology,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisite:  General  Psychology.  Required  for  state  teacher’s  certifi- 
cate. This  course  deals  with  applied  psychology  in  the  field  of  education. 
The  results  of  experimental  investigations  will  be  given  attention. 

Texts:  Freeman,  How  Children  Learn.  Chicago:  Houghton  Mifflin 
Company.  $1.60. 

Gordon,  Educational  Psychology.  New  York:  Henry  Holt  & 
Co.  $1.40. 

CP  3.  Educational  Sociology.  3 semester  credits ; 24  assignments. 
(In  preparation.)  Corresponds  to  course  118,  Educational  Sociology,  in 
General  Catalogue.  This  course  deals  with  the  concrete  objectives  of 
education  considered  as  a process  of  social  adjustment,  the  meaning  of 
education  in  a democracy,  the  educative  function  of  the  home,  the  com- 
munity, the  church,  and  the  school;  and  the  school  as  a special  en- 
vironment; the  meaning  of  labor  and  leisure;  cultural  and  vocational 
education;  intellectual  and  practical  studies;  physical  and  social  studies. 

CP  4.  History  of  Education.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  113,  History  of  Education,  in  General  Catalogue. 
This  course  is  intended  to  present  the  successive  relationships  that  have 
existed  between  educational  machinery  and  practices,  and  the  changing 
political,  economic,  scientific,  cultural,  and  ideal  environment  from  primi- 
tive times  to  the  present. 

Texts:  Graves,  A History  of  Education.  Three  volumes:  Before  the 
Middle  Ages,  During  the  Middle  Ages,  In  Modern  Times. 
Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Company.  $1.10  each. 

CP  5.  Principles  of  Education  (Philosophy  of  Education).  2 se- 
mester credits;  16  assignments.  A study  of  the  theory  underlying  edu- 
cational organization  and  practice ; of  conflicting  interests  and  their 
harmonization. 

Texts:  Horn,  Philosophy  of  Education.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan 
Company.  $1.50. 

O’Shea,  Social  Development  and  Education.  Chicago: 
Houghton  Mifflin  Company.  $2. 


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CP  6-H.  Methods  of  Teaching  in  the  High  School.  3 semester 
credits;  24  assignments.  A study,  from  the  high-school  standpoint,  of 
the  problems  and  technique  of  teaching,  classroom  organization  and  man- 
agement, the  teacher’s  preparation  and  growth,  and  special  methods. 

Texts:  Colvin,  An  Introduction  to  High-school  Teaching.  Chicago: 
The  Macmillan  Company.  $1.60. 

Strayer  and  Norsworthy,  How  to  Teach.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Company.  $1.40. 

McMurry,  How  to  Study.  Chicago:  Houghton  Mifflin  Com- 
pany. $1.50. 

CP  6-G.  Methods  of  Teaching  in  Elementary,  Graded  Schools 
and  Rural  Schools.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  A study  of 
the  teacher’s  problems  in  organizing  a school  or  classroom,  in  directing 
and  governing  the  school  life,  and  in  presenting  the  subject  matter  of 
the  course  of  study. 

Texts:  Woof  ter,  Teaching  in  Rural  Schools.  Chicago:  Hough- 
ton Mifflin  Company.  $1.40. 

Strayer  and  Norsworthy,  How  to  Teach.  Chicago:  The  Mac- 
millan Company.  $1.40. 

McMurray,  How  to  Study.  Chicago : Houghton  Mifflin 
Company.  $1.50. 

CP  7.  Educational  Administration.  3 semester  credits;  24  assign- 
ments. Corresponds  to  course  105,  Educational  Administration,  in  Gen- 
eral Catalogue.  This  course  is  a study  of  the  organization  of  state,  city 
and  county  school  systems,  and  the  administrative  problems  arising  in 
them;  the  relation  and  functions  of  boards  of  education,  superintend- 
ents, principals,  and  teachers.  Rural  and  vocational  schools  are  given 
special  emphasis.  The  school  law  of  Kansas  is  an  important  part  of  this 
course. 

Texts:  Dutton,  School  Management.  New  York:  Charles  Scribner’s 
Sons.  $1.25. 

Shaw,  School  Hygiene.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Company. 

$1. 

Kansas  School  Laws. 

CP  8.  Psychology.  3 semester  credits ; 24  assignments.  Corre- 
sponds to  course  101,  Psychology,  in  General  Catalogue.  A general  in- 
troduction to  the  forms  and  laws  of  conscious  experience  as  based  upon  a 
knowledge  of  the  psychological  conditions  of  mental  life. 

Texts:  James,  Psychology  (briefer  course).  New  York:  Henry  Holt 
& Co.  $1.75. 

Pillsbury,  Essentials  of  Psychology.  Chicago:  The  Macmil- 
lan Company.  $1.25. 

CP  9.  School  Discipline.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments.  A 
specific  and  intensive  study  of  the  problem  of  discipline  and  its  under- 
lying principles  from  the  standpoint  of  school  efficiency. 

Texts:  Bagley,  School  Discipline.  Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Com- 
pany. $1.25. 

Morehouse,  The  Discipline  of  the  School.  Chicago:  D.  C. 
Heath  & Co.  $1.40. 

CP  10.  Rural  Education.  3 semester  credits;  '24  assignments.  Cor- 
responds to  course  201,  Rural  Education,  in  the  General  Catalogue.  A 
study  of  the  special  problems  of  the  rural  school,  its  differentiation  from 
the  city  school,  and  of  the  various  social  institutions  and  organizations 
in  the  open  country  that  are  related  to  the  problem  of  education. 

Texts:  Kirkpatrick,  The  Rural  School  from  Within.  Philadelphia, 
Pa.:  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.  $1.28. 

Betts  & Hall,  Better  Rural  Schools.  Indianapolis,  Ind. : 
Bobbs-Merrill  Company.  $1.25. 


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CP  11.  Agricultural  Education.  2 semester  credits;  16  assign- 
ments. Corresponds  to  course  125,  Education,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisite:  Three  years’  college  work,  including  Educational  Adminis- 
tration. This  course  approaches  the  study  from  the  administrative 
standpoint,  and  is  not  intended  for  a course  in  technical  agriculture  or 
methods  of  teaching.  A study  is  made  of  the  practice  in  and  provisions 
for  agricultural  education  in  this  and  other  states  as  well  as  in  foreign 
countries.  The  bearing  of  historical  developments  and  present  conditions 
on  agricultural  education,  courses  of  study,  adjustment  to  local  needs, 
and  equipment  are  considered. 

Texts:  Leake,  The  Means  and  Methods  of  Agricultural  Education. 

Chicago:  Houghton  Mifflin  Company.  $2.25. 

Free  government  and  state  bulletins. 

CP  12.  Home  Economics  Education.  2 semester  credits;  16  assign- 
ments. Corresponds  to  course  121,  Education,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisites:  Three  years’  college  work,  including  Educational  Admin- 
istration. This  course  deals  with  the  study  from  the  administrative 
standpoint,  and  is  not  intended  for  a technical  or  methods  course.  A 
study  is  made  of  the  best  up-to-date  practice  and  underlying  theory, 
organization,  courses  of  study,  equipment,  national,  state  and  local  pro- 
visions, etc. 


English 

Professor  Searson  Instructor  Leonard 

Professor  Macarthur  Instructor  Russell 

Professor  Davis  Instructor  Hazlett 

Assistant  Professor  Rice  Instructor  Heizer 

Associate  Professor  • Conover  Instructor  Burk 

Assistant  Professor  Maclean 

CCE  1.  College  Rhetoric  I.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  101.  College  Rhetoric  I,  in  General  Catalogue. 
The  first  assignments  consist  of  a thorough  but  rapid  review  of  the  es- 
sentials of  English,  with  special  emphasis  on  the  sentence  and  paragraph. 
These  are  followed  by  themes  designed  to  develop  the  student’s  ability  to 
tell  accurately  what  he  knows,  to  describe  vividly  what  he  sees,  and  above 
all  to  enable  him  to  relate  the  subject  of  English  to  the  work  which  he 
expects  to  do  in  later  life. 

Texts:  Lomer  & Ashmun,  The  Study  and  Practice  of  Writing  Eng- 
lish. Chicago:  Houghton  Mifflin  Company.  $1.15. 

Cunliffe  and  Lomer,  Writing  of  To-day.  New  York:  The 
Century  Company.  $1.15. 

CCE  2.  College  Rhetoric  II.  3 semester  credits;  24  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  104,  College  Rhetoric  II,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisite:  College  Rhetoric  I.  This  is  a continuation  of  the  work  in 
College  Rhetoric  I.  Special  emphasis  is  placed  on  outlining,  on  sentence 
structure,  and  on  expository,  narrative  and  descriptive  writing.  Atten- 
tion is  directed  to  practical  as  well  as  literary  subjects  for  the  frequent 
themes  prepared  throughout  the  course. 

Texts:  Canby  and  Others,  English  Composition  in  Theory  and  Prac- 
tice. Chicago:  The  Macmillan  Company.  $1.25. 

Cunliffe  and  Lomer,  Writing  of  To-day.  New  York:  The 
Century  Company.  $1.15. 

CCE  3.  Business  English.  Elective;  3 semester  credits;  24  assign- 
ments. Corresponds  to  course  122,  Business  English,  in  General  Cata- 
logue. Prerequisite:  College  Rhetoric  II.  It  consists  of  a thorough  re- 
view of  correct  business  forms  and  general  business  writing,  with  em- 
phasis upon  business  correspondence  and  sales  letters,  night  letters,  and 


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telegrams.  A close  study  is  made  of  the  principles  of  effective  writing 
as  they  are  applied  in  the  best  writing  of  the  commercial  world. 

Text:  Gardner,  Effective  Business  Letters.  New  York:  The  Ronald 
Press  Company.  $2. 

CCE  4.  The  Short  Story.  Elective  for  graduates  and  undergradu- 
ates; 3 semester  credits;  24  assignments.  Corresponds  to  course  251, 
The  Short  Story,  in  General  Catalogue.  Prerequisites:  English  Litera- 
ture or  Composition  and  Literature  II.  Practice  in  writing  short  stories, 
based  upon  a thorough  study  of  the  world’s  best  short  stories,  is  offered 
in  this  course.  The  principles  which  underlie  the  matter  and  structure 
of  the  short  story:  plot,  setting,  action,  and  character  analysis,  are 
especially  emphasized. 

Texts:  Esenwein,  Writing  the  Short  Story.  New  York:  Hinds,  Noble 
& Eldridge.  $1.25. 

Lomer,  Modern  Short  Stories. 

CCE  5.  American  Literature.  16  assignments;  2 semester  credits. 
This  course  is  planned  primarily  for  teachers  of  the  Kansas  public 
schools.  Its  purpose  is  to  get  the  students  to  understand  the  source  and 
evolution  of  our  American  ideals. 

Text:  Long,  American  Patriotic  Prose.  Chicago:  D.  C.  Heath  & 
Co.  $1.15. 


Geology 

Professor  Nabours 
Associate  Professor  Newman 

CGI.  Dynamic  Geology.  2 semester  credits;  16  assignments.  Cor- 
responds to  course  101,  Dynamic  and  Structural  Geology,  in  General  Cata- 
logue. This  course  consists  of  a brief  study  of  the  structure  of  the  earth, 
of  the  agencies  by  which  rocks  are  formed  or  destroyed,  and  of  the 
topographical  features  produced  by  these  agencies. 

Texts:  Chamberlin  and  Salisbury,  Introductory  Geology.  New  York: 
Henry  Holt  & Co.  $2.60. 

Wooster,  Geological  Story  of  Kansas.  Topeka,  Kan.:  Crane 
& Co.  15c. 

Mathematics 

Professor  Remick  Instructor  McKittrick 

Associate  Professor  White  Instructor  Fehn 

Assistant  Professor  Stratton  Instructor  Holroyd 

CM  7.  Plane  Trigonometry.  3 semester  credits,  25  assignments. 
Corresponds  to  course  101,  Plane  Trigonometry,  in  General  Catalogue. 
Prerequisites : Plane  Geometry  and  one  and  one-half  years  of  high- 
school  algebra.  This  course  treats  of  the  functions  of  acute  and  oblique 
angles  and  triangles  with  supplementary  practical  problems. 

Text:  Palmer  & Leigh,  Plane  and  Spherical  Trigonometry.  New 
York:  McGraw-Hill  Book  Company.  $1.50. 


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EXTENSION  DIVISION 

KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 


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Applicant’s  full  name 

Present  address  

County State. 


Date. 

Age 


PREVIOUS  EDUCATION. 

Years  of  high-school  work  completed Graduate. 

Name  of  high  school 

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Correspondence  courses  wanted 

Remarks:  

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THE  KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 

OFFERS 

College  Courses  in  Agriculture,  General  Science,  Home 

Economics,  Veterinary  Medicine,  Architecture,  Civil, 

Electrical,  Flour-mill  and  Mechanical  Engineering,  and 

Industrial  Journalism. 

These  are  four-year  courses  leading  to  degrees.  Students  are  accepted 
who  can  offer  for  entrance  fifteen  units  of  high-school  work  or  its  equiva- 
lent. 

The  School  of  Agriculture  (secondary  school)  offers  courses  in  Agri- 
culture, Home  Economics,  and  Mechanic  Arts.  These  are  three-vear 
courses  leading  to  a diploma.  Students  are  accepted  from  grade  and 
from  rural  schools. 

Short  Courses  are  offered  as  follows : Creamery  Course,  ten  weeks,  be- 
ginning in  January;  Farmers’  Short  Courses  in  Agriculture  and  in  en- 
gineering, ten  weeks,  beginning  in  January;  and  Housekeepers’  Course  in 
Home  Economics,  twenty-five  weeks,  beginning  in  September. 

A Summer  School  of  nine  weeks,  beginning  in  June,  offers  courses  in 
Agriculture,  General  Science,  Home  Economics,  Mechanic  Arts,  and  re- 
lated subjects.  These  courses  are  particularly  adapted  for  teachers; 
others  also  may  attend. 

For  full  information,  write  to  W.  M.  Jardine,  President, 

Manhattan,  Kan. 


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